Jack Mills (3)

American composer and co-founder, along with his brother Irving Mills, of the Mills Music publishing company. Mills got his big break in 1921 when the tenor Enrico Caruso died. He heard an unknown songwriter's composition called “They Needed a Songbird in Heaven, So God Took Caruso Away” and Mills published the song on his own. Before his retirement in 1965, Mr. Mills sold his company for $5 million. b.: 1892 (New York City, New York, U.S.) d.: March 23, 1979 (Hollywood, Florida, U.S.)