Fact #55254
When:
Short story:
Stephen
Foster, revered as the "Father of American music", but ravaged
by alcoholism, dies aged 37, at the North American Hotel, 30
Bowery, Lower East Side, New York City with exactly 38 cents to his
name. His legacy of timeless songs includes Oh! Susanna, Old
Folks at Home (aka Swanee River), Camptown Races, Beautiful
Dreamer, My
Old Kentucky Home and Old
Black Joe.
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