American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer (1905-1950).
Born March 15th, 1905 in Charleston.
Died May 7th, 1950 at 45 years old in New York City (struck by vehicle).
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks