SC-13-6 Dizzy Gillespie Birthplace

Marker text: DIZZY GILLESPIE BIRTHPLACE

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Gillespie was invited to perform at the White House by eight presidents from Eisenhower to George Bush. He received the National Medal of Arts, the highest prize awarded to an American artist, in 1989 and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1990 for his lifetime contributions to American culture. Among his best-known songs were "A Night in Tunisia" and "Salt Peanuts." He died in New Jersey Jan. 6, 1993.

Erected by the Pee Dee Committee, Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 2001