American blues guitarist and singer.
Born September 3rd, 1934 in Gilmer. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1976 at 42 years old in Dallas (heart failure). [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel