1994 Death Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65 1975 Birthday Jason Gillespie, cricketer, SA fast bowler, Australia 1996 1961 Birthday Bobby Gillespie, rocker, Primal Scream 1953 Birthday Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1947 Event Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY 1929 Birthday Rita Gillespie, TV director 1920 Birthday Gillespie V. Montgomery, born in Meridian, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1967 - 1997 1917 Birthday Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz 1876 Birthday Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
