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Robert Johnson

Robert JohnsonAKA Robert Leroy Johnson

Born: 8-May-1911
Birthplace: Hazlehurst, MS
Died: 16-Aug-1938
Location of death: Greenwood, MS
Cause of death: Murder
Remains: Buried, Little Zion Cemetery, Greenwood, MS

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Guitarist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Influential blues guitarist

Father: Noah Johnson (farmer)
Mother: Julia Major Dobbs
Father: Charles Dobbs (stepfather, furniture maker)
Wife: Virginia Travis (m. 1929, d. 1930 childbirth)

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1986 Early Influences
    Vagrancy San Antonio, TX 1936
    Died Intestate



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