American composer, lyricist and songwriter (1900-1984).
Born April 6th, 1900 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1984 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills (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