About Otto Luedeke
Otto Luedeke, 89, American Olympic cyclist (1932).
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|Otto H. Luedeke (July 8, 1916 – October 20, 2005) was an American cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Luedeke was a veteran of the U.S. Army and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
His son, Raymond Luedeke, is a composer and clarinetist, who for many years was associate principal clarinet with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and who presently lives in New York City, where he is artistic director of Voice Afire Opera-Cabaret.
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