The men were crushed by a steel structure while digging foundations at Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth.

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Claxton, now 79, began making a name for himself in the 1950s, taking photos of some of the world's top jazz artists.

NPR: 'Jazz Life': Images of a Golden Era of Music

That journey, plus Claxton's earlier portraits of jazz legends, are both collected in Jazz Life, a massive 669-page book of photographs and essays.

NPR: 'Jazz Life': Images of a Golden Era of Music

Then he was given the opportunity of a lifetime: From 1959 to 1960, Claxton was commissioned to document the American jazz scene at the height of the "golden era" of the music genre.

NPR: 'Jazz Life': Images of a Golden Era of Music

William Claxton has done both.

NPR: 'Jazz Life': Images of a Golden Era of Music