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James gatz Obituary. James Gatz, better known as Jay Gatsby, was murdered in his pool in September of 1922. Gatsby was born in North Dakota to a farmer, Henry Gatz. Gatsby worked very hard during his life, partly for Dan Cody. He worked with Dan Cody for five years, and when Cody dies, he attended Oxford for a short period of time. Soon after, Gatsby joined the US Army's First Division during the war. Later, Gatsby worked with a man named Meyer Wolfsheim, whom some say led Gatsby to a fortune.