American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979).
Born April 22nd, 1922 in Nogales. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1979 at 56 years old in Cuernavaca (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi