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Count Basie
American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984).
Born August 21st, 1904 in Red Bank.
Died April 26th, 1984 at 79 years old in Hollywood (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Occupations
actor, autobiographer, bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz musician, musician, organist, pianist, songwriter
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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius