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Buddy Rich

9/30/1917 - 4/2/1987
Libra

Last Words

"I gotta go. I'm losing it."

Death & Legacy

Buddy Rich, one of the most spectacular and accomplished drummers in jazz, died yesterday at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 69 years old. Mr. Rich, who had been suffering from a brain tumor, died of heart failure, according to his daughter, Cathy Rich.

Read full obituary from The New York Times

Details

Cause of Death
Heart failure
Age at Death
69 years
Funeral Location
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States
Final Resting Place
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.