Born: 20-Apr-1908Birthplace: Louisville, KYDied: 31-Aug-2002Location of death: Manhattan, NY [1]Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: MaleReligion: Christian ScienceRace or Ethnicity: BlackSexual orientation: StraightOccupation: Jazz Musician
Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader
Raised Roman Catholic, converted to Christian Science.
Father: (declared MIA in WWII)Wife: Gladys Riddle (m. 1936, d. 1971)
Freemasonry George W. Bush for President National Republican Senatorial Committee NEA Jazz Master 1988 Kennedy Center Honor 1992 Stroke
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR The Benny Goodman Story (Dec-1955) Himself A Song is Born (19-Oct-1948) Himself
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