| Sun Ra  AKA Herman Poole Blount
Born: 22-May-1914
Birthplace: Birmingham, AL
Died: 30-May-1993
Location of death: Birmingham, AL
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
Gender: Male
Religion: Other
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Asexual
Occupation: Jazz Musician, Pianist, Composer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Jazz musician from Saturn Brother: Robert (elder)
Sister: Mary (elder, half-)
High School: Industrial High School, Birmingham, AL (1932)
University: Music Education, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL (1935-36, dropped out)
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Knights of Pythias
NEA Jazz Master 1982
Abducted by UFO 1936 (brought to Saturn)
Draft Evasion Jasper, AL (1942)
Draft Deferment: World War II Conscientious Objector (1942)
Stroke 1990
Is the subject of books:
Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra, 1998, BY: John F. Szwed
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