death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name
29 july 1986 los angeles , california , united states madras , india gordon mills 15 may 1935 gordon mills
 gordon william mills
gordon mills

gordon william mills -lrb- 15 may 1935 -- 29 july 1986 -rrb- was a successful london-based music industry manager and songwriter who was born in madras , india and grew up in trealaw in the rhondda valley , south wales .
he managed the careers of eminent vocalists engelbert humperdinck and tom jones , and co-wrote -lrb- with les reed -rrb- jones 's signature song , `` it 's not unusual '' .
