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1904 – 1943Fats Waller (1904-1943)Died 15 December 1943, aged 39Fats Waller was an American jazz pianist, composer and entertainer, and a master of stride piano. He wrote Ain't Misbehavin' and Honeysuckle Rose. He died of pneumonia on a train near Kansas City.