File:American blues drummer Sam Lay.png

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Description	Black-and-white profile photo of American blues drummer Sam Lay behind a drum kit.
Author or copyright owner	Michael Ochs
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Unknown Immediate source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/arts/music/sam-lay-dead.html
Date of publication	1965
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Sam Lay
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Subject has been dead since 2022 and no free image can be found.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Will be used solely to identify subject at top of article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	As photo is severely cropped and reduced in resolution, copies made from it will not be commercially viable.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 2022
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Sam Lay//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_blues_drummer_Sam_Lay.pngtrue

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