Jazz Musician Chuck Mangione, of 'Feels So Good' and 'King of the Hill' Fame, Dies at 84
Mangione died at home in his sleep on Tuesday, July 22, a spokesperson for the star confirms to PEOPLE.
With more than 30 albums under his belt and 14 Grammy Award nominations, Mangione was a prolific musician who played the flugelhorn and trumpet. He also had a notable recurring role on the animated sitcom King of the Hill, where he played himself as a Mega Lo Mart celebrity spokesperson.
Mangione was born and raised in Rochester, N.Y., and grew up listening to his father's jazz records alongside his brother Gap. On the weekends, the family would head into the city to listen to stars like Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan.
'Their father would invite these amazing artists to come home with them for a good home-cooked Italian meal,' his website biography reads. 'Of course, they were more than happy to eat home cooking after being on the road. Chuck grew up thinking everyone had Carmen McRae and Art Blakey over for dinner.'
He and Gap eventually played together as The Jazz Brothers, and Mangione graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1963, later returning to the school help expand its jazz program.
In 1977, his jazz album Feels So Good hit No. 2 on the Billboard albums chart, and Mangione found crossover success with its title track, which has appeared in everything from Fargo and Doctor Strange to a famous Memorex commercial with Ella Fitzgerald.
Mangione also had several Olympics connections; 'Chase the Clouds Away' was used during the 1976 Games, while Mangione performed 'Give It All You Got' at the closing ceremony of the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.
He was inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame in 2012, and was the winner of two Grammys: best pop instrumental performance for Children of Sanchez in 1979, and best instrumental composition for 'Bellavia,' written for his mother, in 1977.
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