American blues musician (1924-2005).
Born April 18th, 1924 in Vinton. [ref]
Died September 10th, 2005 at 81 years old in Orange (lung cancer). [ref]
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