William Grant Still

American composer.

Born May 11th, 1895 in Mississippi, Woodville. [ref]

Died December 3rd, 1978 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]

Occupations
composer, conductor, film score composer, oboist

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson