Short answers, pulled from the story.
John Coltrane was born on the 23rd of September 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. He moved to Philadelphia by June 1943 to work at a sugar refinery and take his first saxophone lessons at the Ornstein School of Music.
Within a few months of December 1938, John Coltrane's father, aunt, and grandparents all died. This tragedy left the young boy to be raised by his mother and a close cousin.
John Coltrane enlisted in the Navy on the 6th of August 1945 and was discharged on the 8th of August 1946. He received the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic, Pacific Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal during his service.
John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme in December 1964 at his home in Dix Hills on Long Island. The quartet played the album live only three times and recorded it twice in July 1965 and October 1965.
John Coltrane died of liver cancer at the age of 40 on the 17th of July 1967 at Huntington Hospital on Long Island. His funeral was held four days later at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York City.
The St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church is located in San Francisco and worships John Coltrane as a saint. It is the only African Orthodox church that incorporates John Coltrane's music and lyrics as prayers in its liturgy.