Deceased Drummers - Ordered by Most Recent Death
Gene Krupa
January 15th, 1909 - October 16th, 1973
65 years old
Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 - October 16, 1973) Gene Krupa was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 15, 1909 and was the the youngest of Bartley and Ann Krupa's nine children. His father died when Gene was very young and his mother worked as a milliner to support the family. Allof the children had to start working while young, Gene at age eleven. His brother Pete worked at "Brown Music Company", and got Gene a job as ch ...
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