heart disease. He was treated at first with a coronary stent in 2009, and later a ventricular assist device and was on the waiting list for a heart transplant. Since February 2012, his life relied on the world's tiniest device. During an interview with a major daily newspaper in August 2012, he posed with his clarinet, and expressed his hope that "he will be free again when he gets a heart transplanted". In the evening hours of May 9, 2014, Selim Sesler died at the age of 57 in a hospital in Istanbul, where he was being treated. He was laid to rest in his hometown in Keşan. Sesler is survived by his wife and three children. Albums Karşılama with Brenna MacCrimmon, 1998 Keşan'a Giden Yollar (The Road to Keşan) (2000), 1999 - by Kalan Müzik Oğlan Bizim Kız Bizim (Anatolian wedding), 2006 - by Doublemoon Records Romanes Clarinet, 2007 - by Özlem Müzik Second Nature with Minor Empire, 2011 References 1957 births 2014 deaths People from Keşan Turkish people of Greek descent Turkish Romani people Turkish clarinetists