Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953)

At the age of 18 Reinhardt was severely burnt in a fire that destroyed the caravan he shared with his first wife, and lost usage of two his of left hand fingers, as well as a walking disability that made him carry a cane for the rest of his life.
With painful rehabilitation and practice Django relearned his craft in a completely new way, even as his third and fourth fingers remained partially paralyzed. He used to play solos with only two fingers, and managed to use the injured one for some chords
Django Reinhardt produced numerous recordings with his quintet, but he played and recorded also with many American Jazz legends such as Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Rex Stewart, and a jam-session with jazz legend Louis Armstrong. Reinhardt could neither read nor write music, and was barely literate.
In 1951, he retired to Samois sur Seine, France, near Fontainebleau. He lived there for two years until May 16, 1953, when, while returning from the Avon train station, he collapsed outside his house from a brain hemorrhage. It took a full day for a doctor to arrive and Django was declared dead on arrival at the hospital in Fontainebleau.

Courtesy of Doron Habshush & Wikipedia