American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1922-2008).
Born October 29th, 1922 in Hastings.
Died October 11th, 2008 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks