Short answers, pulled from the story.
George Gershwin was born on the 26th of September 1898 in a second-floor apartment at 242 Snediker Avenue in Brooklyn. He grew up in a Yiddish-speaking community in New York where his family moved frequently as his father tried various business ventures.
George Gershwin composed Rhapsody in Blue in 1924 and the tone poem An American in Paris which premiered at Carnegie Hall on the 13th of December 1928. He also created stage musicals including Lady Be Good in 1924, Oh Kay! in 1926, and Funny Face in 1927.
George Gershwin died on the 11th of July 1937 at the age of 38 after suffering from a brain tumor believed to be a glioblastoma. He collapsed on the 9th of July 1937 and fell into a coma before doctors removed the tumor during surgery.
George Gershwin had a ten-year affair with composer Kay Swift whom he frequently consulted about his music. The two never married although Swift eventually divorced her husband James Warburg to commit to the relationship.
The copyrights on all of George Gershwin's solo works expired in the United States on the 1st of January 2020 for his pre-1925 work. The George and Ira Gershwin Collection resides at the Library of Congress and a partnership with the University of Michigan was created in September 2013.