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.
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.