Dizzy Gillespie

1917–1993 (age 76)

Jazz trumpeter and composer

About Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) lived to age 76. They were a jazz trumpeter and composer. Born in Cheraw, they died in Englewood. They are buried at Flushing Cemetery in New York.

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