American singer and recording artist.
Born November 8th, 1927 in Muskogee. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2013 at 85 years old in Encinitas (disease). [ref]
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs