Mel Tormé died today – 9 years ago

Singer (of many songs) and composer (of “The Christmas Song”) Melvin “Mel” Howard Tormé was born on September 13, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. He said, “There are musicians in my business who are very dour people, who are angry for one reason or another, who are malcontents or whatever.” [They’re people, too.]... Mr. Tormé died on June 5, 1999 in Los Angeles, California.