American composer and musician.
Born October 28th, 1922 in Bochum.
Died December 10th, 2019 at 97 years old in New York City. [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