Billy Strayhorn

American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger.

Born November 29th, 1915 in Dayton. [ref]

Died May 31st, 1967 at 51 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer). [ref]

Occupations
composer, jazz musician, musician, pianist, songwriter
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs