American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945).
Born January 27th, 1885 in Manhattan.
Died November 11th, 1945 at 60 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde