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Herb Jeffries

American singer and actor (1913-2014).

Born September 24th, 1913 in Detroit.

Died May 25th, 2014 at 100 years old in West Hills (heart failure).

Occupations
actor, film actor, jazz musician, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor
Wikipedia

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon