American orchestrator, arranger, and composer (1919-2019).
Born January 22nd, 1919 in Boston.
Died July 1st, 2019 at 100 years old in New York City. [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel