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Woods, OSU band director for 28 years, dies at 76

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  • Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jonathan Woods, the longest-serving director of Ohio State University's marching band and a music professor who helped lead the group into the computer age, died Saturday, the university confirmed. Woods was 76.

Woods spent 28 years directing the marching band until his retirement after the 2011-12 academic year.