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Jazz Pianist Gilly Coggins Finally Kicks Bucket on 2/15/04

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Pianist Gilly Coggins died today in a New York hospital. He suffered serious injury and complications associated with the car accident he had in the Spring of 2003, where he crashed his car and injured a lady seriously. Kidney failure, and a general decline , were factors in his death. He played with Miles Davis in 1950's. -30-

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