The composer Jerry Ross died at the age of 29. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Lyricist and composer who collaborated on the musicals The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees with Richard Adler.
His birth name was Jerold Rosenberg, and he was born to Russian immigrants Lena and Jacob Rosenberg. He sang and acted in Yiddish theater growing up where he was known as the Boy Star.