July 17

On this day in 1959, Billie Holiday died in a New York City hospital 

from cirrhosis of the liver at age 43

John Coltrane died on this day in 1967 from liver cancer 

at Huntington Hospital in Long Island 

Today in 1996, Jimi Hendrix’s manager Chas Chandler 

died at age 57 from an aortic aneurysm 

Spencer Davis is celebrating a birthday today. He is 73

The late Phoebe Snow was born today in 1952  

The former Mrs. Bill Wyman, Mandy Smith was born today in 1970