Harry Wainwright (footballer)
Harry Wainwright( born 1899; date of death unknown) was an English footballer.
Albert Thompson (footballer, born 1912)
Albert Thompson( born 1912, date of death unknown) was a Welsh footballer.
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader.
Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones.
In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Flying Home
"Flying Home" is a jazz and jump blues composition written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton with lyrics by Sid Robin.
It was reportedly developed around a tune Hampton whistled as he nervously waited for his first flight on an aircraft.
It was first recorded by the Benny Goodman Sextet on November 6, 1939, featuring solos by Hampton and Charlie Christian.
Several other groups recorded the tune.
In 1942, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra recorded the song with a tenor saxophone solo by nineteen-year-old Illinois Jacquet.
The song became the climax for live shows, and Jacquet was exhausted from having to play it every night.
Singer Chris Connor recorded the song for Atlantic Records and released it as a single in 1959.
Harry James recorded a version in 1965 on his album "New Versions of Down Beat Favorites" (MGM).
Ella Fitzgerald recorded a seven-minute-plus version for the album "Digital III at Montreux" (1979).
"Lullabies of Birdland" includes another version by Fitzgerald that "The New York Times" called "one of the most influential vocal jazz records of the decade...
Where other singers, most notably Louis Armstrong, had tried similar improvisation, no one before Miss Fitzgerald employed the technique with such dazzling inventiveness."
"Flying Home" is mentioned in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (1965).
In 1996, it won a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
It is featured with a Lindy Hop dance arrangement in the film "Malcolm X" (1992).
Ralph Ellison named a short story (1944) after the song that became the title of a posthumous collection. "
Flying Home" (1978) is the title of a novel by Morris Lurie.
Lurie uses references to jazz in his stories.
Harry Johnson (wrestler)
Harry Johnson( 1903- date of death unknown) was an English wrestler.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.

Question: When did the composer of song Flying Home die?
Answer: August 31, 2002