Jerry Adler Dies

Jerry Adler, a harmonica virtuoso whose pure, open sound can be heard on the soundtracks to “Shane,” “High Noon,” “Mary Poppins” and other films, but who labored in the shadow of his more famous harmonica-playing older brother, Larry, died on March 13 in Ellenton, Fla. He was 91 and lived in Sarasota.

The cause was prostate cancer, his son, Michael, said.

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In 1947 he married Sylvia Gandel, who died in 1990. His second wife, Jean Ruppa, died in 2009. In addition to his son, Michael, of Germantown, Md., he is survived by a daughter, Susan Lantis of Capitola, Calif. Larry, his brother, died in 2001.

Rest In Peace, Jerry.