BUCYRUS - For more than 60 years, John Kennedy s name has been associated with the Bucyrus music scene the trumpet player organized the John Kennedy Orchestra in the mid-1950s. Actually did that while he was in high school, and he did that with his mom and his dad, Paul and Virginia Kennedy, said his grandson, Dane Kennedy.
That ensemble continued, as an orchestra, band or quartet, until 2019, when Kennedy s health forced him to stop.
Kennedy died on April 2 at the age of 80, but thanks to the Bucyrus Kiwanis Club, his name will continue to be associated with the local music scene.