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Thelonious Monk was born on October 10,1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He died on February 17, 1982 in Eaglewood, New Jersey. Through out his life he inspired millions and now is resting in peace at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale New York. When Monk was only an infant he and his family moved to New York, then Monk was 12 he started taking piano lessons.Then he started to play at Harlem parties,and he often played with Dizzy Gillepse. He made his first record with Blue Note: "Straight,No Chaser". Soon after that he wanted to make a song with the Beatles and just his luck the word got out and an English buisiness man approched him and asked him if he could Monk still visit him today at his grave.