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Events on Thursday 21 March 1991 1
1909 – 1991Leo Fender (1909-1991)Died 21 March 1991, aged 81Leo Fender, founder of Fender Musical Instruments, died in Fullerton, California. His Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, along with the Fender Precision Bass, became standard instruments of modern popular music. Despite his enormous influence on music, Fender himself was not a proficient musician.