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Tyra was married four times. In 1955, he married
Suzanne Jocelyn Sheldon (Northwestern BSM 1955, b.1933 d.1973) of Chico, California. Their union produced his six - and only children. After divorcing in 1972, Suzanne "Sue" Tyra died in December 1973. In May 1976, he married Valerie Suzanne Franklin
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Atlanta, Georgia where he would spend his remaining years living nearby his daughters and their families. He died on July 7, 1995, of complications arising from leukemia. During his long illness, he liked to tell his
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For more skilled ensembles, he penned many arrangements of pre-game and half-time music for the
Northwestern, LSU and EMU Marching Bands, including nationally televised works performed by the Tiger Marching Band when LSU competed post-season at the
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as Tyra's assistant. Together they forged a lifelong collaboration and friendship that would result in significant growth of the EMU's band program and its traditions. In 2002, Plank passed the leadership mantle to
550:(Eastern Michigan University BBA 1971) of Brooklyn, Michigan. They divorced in December 1980. In 1981, Tyra married Judith Ann Hastings Carpenter (b.1942, d.1987) of Pittsburg, Kansas, who preceded him in death.
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L. Bruce Jones. In 1959, LSU elevated Tyra to the position of 14th
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446:(1964). His original compositions include
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