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Beloved Salt Lake City musician Courtney Isaiah Smith, who died on Jan. 25 at the age of 37. He’s one of more than 1,700 Utahns who have died from COVID-19.
By all accounts, Courtney Isaiah Smith was a musical genius. He played the piano and was well known in Utah’s music community. But Smith died Jan. 25 at the age of 37 from COVID-19.
Candido Abeyta is a saxophonist who often performed with Smith. He described a time they played at the Utah State Fairpark. The song “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars had just come out, and someone requested they play it.