He was the featured soloist in the iconic 1963 film's opening number.

Plas Johnson, the Hollywood studio saxophonist whose smooth tenor line gave The Pink Panther its unmistakable swagger, has died at 94. Johnson died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his children ...

Plas Johnson, the renowned saxophonist well-known for his solo on "The Pink Panther Theme," died July 15. Born July 21, 1931, in Donaldsonville, he was 94 years old when he passed away in Granada ...

Plas Johnson, the saxophonist behind "The Pink Panther Theme," has died at 94. We remember the Hollywood session legend whose playing shaped decades of music.

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Jazz saxophonist – who recorded with artists Frank Sinatra, BB King and more – died in Los Angeles, reports say ...

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Johnson specialised in jump-blues and R&B before becoming a well-respected live and studio session player. Read more at ...

Jazz musician Plas Johnson, whose silky tenor saxophone played the Grammy-winning "Pink Panther" theme song, died July 15, aged 94, Los Angeles radio station KKJZ reported. The son of a professional ...

Plas Johnson, a Hollywood studio musician whose tenor saxophone solo memorably opened the credits to the 1963 film “The Pink Panther,” died on July 15. He was 94. Johnson died at his home in Los ...