Canadian jazz musician (1919-1990).
Born May 19th, 1919 in Toronto. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1990 at 70 years old in Palm Springs (lung cancer). [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