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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist.
Born August 27th, 1909 in Woodville. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1959 at 49 years old in New York City. [ref]
Occupations
clarinetist, composer, jazz musician, musician, saxophonist
Wikipedia
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black