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
Wikipedia

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner