American boogie-woogie style blues pianist (1904-1929).
Born June 11th, 1904 in Troy. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1929 at 24 years old in Chicago (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi