G. Goldenshteyn, 71; Clarinetist Nurtured U.S. Klezmer Revival

Clarinetist German Goldenshteyn, 71, a native of Eastern Europe who was considered a kind of Woody Guthrie of the klezmer revival in America, died June 10 of a heart attack while fishing on Long Island, N.Y.

Goldenshteyn, who moved to the United States 12 years ago and lived in Brooklyn, was born in a shtetl called Otaci, then in Romania, now in Moldova.

During World War II, when Romania was an ally of Germany, he and his family were interned in a Romanian ghetto called Bershad. His parents died there of starvation and disease; he and his brothers were brought up in orphanages.

He and a brother had musical talent that was noticed by the leader of a Soviet military band, who eased the way for them to attend a Romanian military academy, then a music school in Odessa, Ukraine.

After serving in the Soviet army, and playing in Red Army bands, Goldenshteyn settled in Ukraine not far from his native Otaci.

He earned a living as a machinist and played in a small band that performed at weddings, serenading guests from house to house.

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Bussunda, a Brazilian comedian noted for his imitations of soccer star Ronaldo and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, died of a heart attack Saturday in Munich, Germany, while covering the World Cup soccer competition for Globo TV, his country’s largest network. He was 43.