American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger (1908-1980).
Born August 25th, 1908 in Rockland County. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1980 at 71 years old in California. [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