Blair Alston Mercer Tindall (February 2, 1960 – April 12, 2023) was an American oboist, performer, producer, speaker, and journalist.
Tindall spent 23 years as a professional musician in New York City, playing with such groups as the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, presenting a critically acclaimed solo debut at Carnegie Recital Hall, and earning a jazz Grammy nomination.
[5] She also performed on many film soundtracks, including those of the movies Malcolm X, for which she was lauded in CD Review Magazine,[6] Crooklyn, and Twilight.
[citation needed] She has also performed with Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts at the Blue Note Jazz Club.
The series stars Lola Kirke, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Bernadette Peters, and Gael García Bernal.
[12][13] In 2007, Tindall broke into Nye's house and stole several items including his laptop, which she used to send defamatory emails impersonating him, and damaged his garden with herbicide.
[18] The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled that the cause of death was arteriosclerosis, with chronic ethanol consumption given as a contributing factor.