- Eddie Heywood was born on December 4, 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Out of Sight (1998), The Irishman (2019) and I Sell Anything (1934). He was married to Evelyn Heywood. He died on January 2, 1989 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
- SpouseEvelyn Heywood(19?? - January 2, 1989) (his death, 2 children)
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1709 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
- Jazz pianist and composer, leader of a popular swing sextet in the 1940's. He had big hits with "Canadian Sunset" and "Soft Summer Breeze". From 1947, Heywood suffered from partial paralysis of his hands which hampered his later career, though he continued to perform and write music up until the early 1980's.
- His group was billed as 'the Biggest Little Band in the Land", which put it into direct competition with John Kirby, whose sextet shared the same tag line.
- Heywood had two sons, Robert and Edward, and one granddaughter, Bailey Heywood.
- Heywood died at home in Miami Beach, Florida, aged 73. Parkinson's disease had been complicated by Alzheimer's disease, and Heywood had been in poor health for five years.
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