Tommy Dorsey

AKA:

Sentimental Gentleman of Swing

Birth Name:

Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.

Birth Date:

November 19, 1905

Birth Place:

Mahanoy Plain, Pennsylvania

Death Date:

November 26, 1956

Place of Death:

10 Flagler Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut

Age:

Cause of Death:

Asphyxia - aspiration of food in his sleep

Cemetery Name:

Kensico Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Music

A highly respected and influential trombonist, Tommy Dorsey—both independently and with his brother Jimmy—led several of the most popular big bands of the swing era. Dorsey was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His theme song was "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". He famously gave a skinny, big-eared Italian-American kid with a cool, seductive voice a shot at stardom. That kid was Frank Sinatra. The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is best remembered for standards such as "Opus One", "Song of India", "Marie", "On Treasure Island", and his biggest hit single, "I'll Never Smile Again".

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Kensico Cemetery

273 Lakeview Avenue

Valhalla, New York, 10595

USA

North America

Map:

Cemetery Map of Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla New York

Grave Location:

Kensico Gardens, Section 41

Grave Location Description

Drive through this amazingly beautiful cemetery until you come to the intersection of Ossipee Avenue and Cherokee Avenue. He’s buried just off of Cherokee Avenue.