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Charles Tomlinson Griffes

American composer (1884-1920).

Born September 17th, 1884 in Elmira.

Died April 8th, 1920 at 35 years old in New York City (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).

Occupations
composer

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