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Charles Shira was born on 23 September, 1926 in Mississippi. He was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. He was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1951 to 1954. He also played with the bands of Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, and Duke Ellington.
Shira was born in Mississippi and raised in Chicago. He began playing the saxophone at the age of 12. He attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music and studied with jazz greats such as Johnny Griffin and Gene Ammons.
Shira's career began in the 1940s when he played with the bands of Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, and Duke Ellington. He joined the Count Basie Orchestra in 1951 and stayed with them until 1954. He then went on to play with the bands of Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, and Horace Silver.
Shira's career spanned over five decades and he performed with some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. He was a featured soloist on many recordings and appeared on television and in films.
Shira passed away on April 15, 2006 at the age of 79.
At the time of his death, Shira's net worth was estimated to be around $1 million. He had earned most of his wealth through his career as a jazz musician.
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23 September, 1926 |
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January 2, 1976 (aged 49) - Jackson, Mississippi |
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He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on November 20, 1975, and died on January 2, 1976, in a Jackson, Mississippi hospital two days after suffering a second stroke. A Mississippi State athletic facility, Shira Complex, is named in his honor. It was originally built in the 1970s for the football team, and now houses an indoor FieldTurf surface used by the track and field teams. One of his sons, William G. Shira, graduated from Mississippi State in 1979 with an aerospace engineering degree and, as of 2006, was a vice president of Gulfstream Aerospace.
Mississippi State posted a surprising six-win season in 1970, including a victory over their intrastate rival, Ole Miss. For the accomplishment, the Southeastern Conference named Shira its Coach of the Year. In 1972, having compiled a combined record of 16–45–2, Shira resigned as head coach to focus on his duties as athletic director. In 1975, the National Collegiate Athletic Association imposed a two-year probation on Mississippi State for possible rule violations.
In 1967, he was hired by Mississippi State as its head football coach and athletic director. In his first season, his team won two games, followed by none the following year. Mississippi State improved to 3–7 in 1969. That year, Shira served as the coach for the Gray squad in the Blue-Gray Classic.
Shira received a degree in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University in 1954. When Royal took over as head coach at Texas, he hired Shira as his top defensive assistant, in which role he remained from 1957 to 1966.
Shira attended college at Texas A&M University, where he played football as a tackle from 1943 to 1944. He received an appointment to attend the United States Military Academy, and was admitted as a Cadet in 1948. Shira played football for Army under Earl Blaik from 1949 to 1950. In 1950, he was named Army's most valuable player and to several All-America teams, including the International News Service first team. After the season, he appeared in the Blue–Gray Classic all-star game. Shira did not remain at West Point to graduate, however, and the following year, he served as an assistant coach at Tennessee before moving on to a position at Mississippi State in 1952. There, he worked alongside fellow assistant Darrell Royal under head coach Murray Warmath.
Charles N. Shira (September 23, 1926 – January 2, 1976) was an American college football coach and athletic director. He served as head coach of Mississippi State University from 1967 to 1972 and compiled a combined record of 16–45–2. Shira received the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year award in 1970, the only season of his tenure in which his team finished with a winning percentage above .500. He also served as the Mississippi State University athletic director, at first concurrent with his head coaching duties, and then as his sole responsibility until his death in 1976.
