1973 Death Gene Krupa, U.S. swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64 1973 Event Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet 1936 Birthday Susan Kohner, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Imitation of Life, Gene Krupa Story 1919 Birthday Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer, Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton 1911 Birthday Roy Eldridge, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, jazz trumpeter, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw 1909 Birthday Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman's drummer, Sing Sing Sing
