Benny Goodman

AKA:

King of Swing

Birth Name:

Benjamin David Goodman

Birth Date:

May 30, 1909

Birth Place:

Chicago, Illinois

Death Date:

June 13, 1986

Place of Death:

200 East 66th Street, New York, New York

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart attack

Cemetery Name:

Long Ridge Union Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Music

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". Benny Goodman led one of the first integrated jazz groups and help start the careers of many jazz musicians including Lionel Hampton, trumpeters Ziggy Elman and Harry James, pianists Jess Stacey and Teddy Wilson, and drummer Gene Krupa. Benny Goodman, who brought jazz to Carnegie Hall and enthralled millions with renditions of ''Sweet Georgia Brown'' and ''Stompin' at the Savoy'' was also one of the first musicians to earn over $1 million a year during the height of his popularity.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Long Ridge Union Cemetery

154 Erskine Road

Stamford, Connecticut, 06903

USA

North America

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery drive straight back to the edge of the cemetery property. Turn right at the end and park. Goodman’s final resting place is located next to the bench under the tree near the center of the rock wall near other Goodman family members. His grave is approximately 50 feet from a corner turn in the road and 3 rows from the back of the cemetery.