Dizzy Gillespie and Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo team up on a performance of "Manteca" (from 1947).
Sadly, Pozo met a violent end, dying at age 33 in 1948. Per Wiki: "Chano Pozo was shot and killed on December 2, 1948, in the El Rio Bar at 111th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. The El Rio Bar no longer exists — even the small triangular block where it was located has been removed. Pozo's killer was a local bookie, marijuana dealer, and fellow Cuban named Eusebio 'Cabito' (Little Corporal) Muñoz."
Jimmy Buffet told a similar story back in 1973:
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And for the first time I note that the victim in this song is "Shrimper Dan."
DeleteHuh. The film Forrest Gump was made in '94, and the novel it's based on was published in '86, so that's just one odd coincidence.