Clinton “Santy” Runyon (b 1907) died on April 4, 2003 in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 96.
Clinton “Santy” Runyon (b 1907) died on April 4, 2003 in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 96. Santy Runyon was a world renowned saxophonist, who played in Al Capone's speakeasy club, The Coliseum, and gave lessons to world class musicians like Charlie “Bird” Parker. Santy Runyon development and manufactured custom mouthpieces, popular with baritone and tenor sax players because of their brighter tone, and operated Runyon Products from manufacturing facility on Lewisburg Road in Opelousas, Louisiana since 1970.
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