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Java born jazz bassist, born February 21, 1930 in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies [now Bandung, Java, Indonesia]; died on June 22, 2022 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. Sometimes named / written as Eddy de Haas. Called himself Edgar O'Hare before he emigrated to the USA.

He played Hawaiian music on guitar in Java during the Japanese occupation and heard jazz on the radio of the Allied Forces. He moved to the Netherlands in 1947, took up bass playing in 1949, playing bass professionally with Pia Beck in 1950. He recorded with Bill Coleman in Paris in 1953 and with Chet Baker in 1955-1956. Moved to the USA in 1957, where he married Geraldine Bey. He has played with Rob Pronk, Gene Krupa, Martial Solal, Miles Davis, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Blossom Dearie and others.