Carolina at Chapel Hill. Death Kyser died of a heart attack in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on July 23, 1985. He was buried at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery in Chapel Hill. Legacy Kyser was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 1999. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is custodian of a large archive of documents and material about Kyser which was donated by his widow and made available to the public on April 8, 2008. Noted sidemen and vocalistsSource:' Harry Babbitt (1913–2004), tenor singer Jack Barrow trombone player Noni Bernardi (1911–2006), aka Ernani Bernardi, alto sax. Member of the Los Angeles City Council Georgia Carroll (1919–2011), vocalist who married Kyser Mike Douglas (1920–2006), vocalist, host of the 1961-1982 The Mike Douglas Show'' George Duning (1908–2000), musician and film composer Trudy Erwin (1918–2000), vocalist Lyman Gandee pianist Herman "Heinie"Gunkler jazz clarinetist, aka Hymie Gunkler Bobby Guy trumpet player Roc Hillman guitarist and composer Ish Kabibble (1908–1994), comedian and cornet player Jack Martin vocalist and tenor sax player Sully Mason (1906–1970), vocalist and alto sax player Rosy McHargue (1902–1999), clarinetist Ginny Simms (1913–1994), vocalist, actress Bill "Smilin'" Stoker clarinet, tenor sax, vocalist Gloria Wood (1923–1995), vocalist and voice-over actress Art Wilson vocalist Arthur Wright vocalist References External links Kay Kyser: A Life in Motion WFMU: Kay Kyser in You’ll Find Out Kay Kyser Timeline Kay Kyser biography Command Performance: Kay Kyser (April 1, 1942) Inventory of the Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll Kyser Papers, 1906-2004, in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge 1905 births 1985 deaths American Christian Scientists American radio personalities Big band bandleaders American bandleaders Converts to Christian Science People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Musicians from North Carolina 20th-century American musicians Brunswick Records artists Columbia Records artists