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Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer.
Born May 21st, 1904 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1943 at 39 years old in Kansas City (pneumonia). [ref]
Occupations
bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz musician, pianist, singer, songwriter
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore