American recording artist.
Born September 13th, 1925 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1999 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [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