Bix Beiderbecke’s musical career was a very lived lasting only seven years. He died Aug. 6, 1931, as the result of alcohol-related pneumonia at age 28. The official cause of death was lobar pneumonia and edema of the brain. Before the '30s were over, Beiderbecke's life is said to have served as an inspiration for the Dorothy Baker novel "Young Man With a Horn”. In 1950, the novel eventually became a film featuring Kirk Douglas. Despite the appeal of Beiderbecke's cornet, it was heard for less than a decade. Beiderbecke's career was short lived and somewhat easy to research. Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa, where he was initially inspired by Nick LaRocca of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Beiderbecke was a self-taught musician who