As per our current Database, Buddy DeFranco has been died on 24 December, 2014 at Panama City, Florida, USA.
When Buddy DeFranco die, Buddy DeFranco was 91 years old.
| Popular As | Buddy DeFranco |
| Occupation | Soundtrack |
| Age | 91 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | February 17, 1923 (Camden, New Jersey, USA) |
| Birthday | February 17 |
| Town/City | Camden, New Jersey, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Buddy DeFranco’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Buddy DeFranco was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
Clarinetist, bandleader, arranger, conductor and composer, educated at the Mastbaum School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also studied with Meyer Levin and Ross Wyre. At fourteen, he won a Major Bowes competition and a Tommy Dorsey swing contest as a jazz clarinetist.
With his brother Lawrence and also Elliot Lawrence, he formed a teenage band which was featured on radio. For sixteen years, he toured in dance bands, and led his own sextet, big band, and quartet. He would later go on to assume the leadership of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Joining ASCAP in 1960, his popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Warm Evening", "Strings Have Strung", and "Really Swell".
