This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Dec. 25, 2011. The "Big Man" Clarence Clemons is perhaps best known as the towering saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen saxophonist Clarence Clemons died in a Florida hospital six days after suffering a stroke at his home. He was 69. Clemons, also known as The Big Man, was a member ...

Clarence “Big Man” Clemons, famed saxophonist of singer Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died June 18, a week after suffering a stroke at his home in Florida. He was 69. “His loss is immeasurable ...

Clarence Clemons, the E-Street Band's saxophone player who performed beside Bruce Springsteen for four decades and was affectionately known as the "Big Man," died today, June 18, after complications ...