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<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i> Ailing former bandleader Woody Herman’s financial


difficulties brightened Wednesday when his supporters announced that $70,000 in cash donations have been collected to cover his daily living expenses. Supporters also unveiled plans for an


Oct. 23 fund-raising concert at UCLA’s Wadsworth Theater. The concert, sponsored by KKGO-FM, will benefit Herman and other deserving jazz musicians through the “Woody Herman Tribute Trust


Fund.” Herman was almost evicted from his Hollywood Hills home last month by a landlord who acquired it in an Internal Revenue Service auction. MORE TO READ