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Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician (1935-1977).
Born August 7th, 1935 in Columbus. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1977 at 42 years old in Bloomington (stroke). [ref]
Occupations
clarinetist, composer, jazz musician, oboist, saxophonist
Wikipedia
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