American composer, pianist and conductor (1916-1989).
Born January 14th, 1916 in New Haven.
Died February 3rd, 1989 at 73 years old in Los Angeles.
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