George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1898 to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. He showed a talent for music from a young age, studying piano seriously from age 12. After quitting high school, he worked as a song plugger but soon turned to composing Broadway musicals, partnering with lyricist Ira Gershwin, his brother. Some of his most famous works include "Rhapsody in Blue," "An American in Paris," and "Porgy and Bess." Gershwin struggled to gain respect as a serious composer but saw great popular and financial success. His promising career was cut short when he died of a brain tumor at the young age of 38 in 1937.
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