Beloved Duval County music teacher, band director dies at 57 after COVID-19 complications Colleagues remember educator as ‘always so positive, always so happy’ Tags: Levis Dasher died at the age of 57. (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County music teacher Levis Dasher died May 23 at Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville after a weeks-long battle with COVID-19-related complications. The 57-year-old educator taught music and directed the band at Westview K-8 in the Duval County Public Schools district. “He was just a staple here at our school,” Dasher’s colleague Brittiany Smalls said. “You just have no idea how much of a loss it is to not have somebody that was so important, so valuable.”