Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1971 (Film score for "The French Connection")
Health : Medical diagnosis 1975 (First heart attack)
Death:Death by Heart Attack 17 December 1978 at 12:00 noon in North Hollywood, CA (Age 44) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American musician, a jazz trumpeter, drummer and composer. A "wunderkind" of jazz, Ellis is one of the great innovators of music that he plays with his own band in local gigs and world tours. His trademarks for a film score are rhythmical complexity, sophistication and a joyful musical energy such as he delivered for "The French Connection," 1971. Ellis had a severe heart attack in 1975 and took a year off to recover, giving up entirely the high energy output of playing drums. He died of a heart attack 12/17/1978, North Hollywood, CA. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Ellis Don was born on July 25, 1934 in Los Angeles, California. He is a public personality with a long and varied career in the entertainment industry.