Gerry Mulligan(1927-1996)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Born in New York, raised in Philadelphia, Mulligan was the foremost
baritone sax player of his generation, as well as an acclaimed composer
and arranger, and one of the founders of the post-WWII "West Coast"
school of jazz. In addition to his three marriages, Mulligan was the
long-term lover of actress Judy Holliday, an affair which began in 1958 and
ended with her death in 1965. After she became terminally ill in the 1960s, he
put his own career on hold to nurse her until the end.
