Vernon Duke

Russian-American composer and songwriter (born: 10 October 1903 in Prafianovo, Pskov Governate, Russian Empire; died: 16 January 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA (aged 65). His family fled Russia in 1919 at the outbreak of the Russian Revolution and spent eighteen months in Constantinople. In 1921, the Dukelsky family obtained United States visas and emigrated to New York.