A Tribute To Great Musicans

Louis Armstrong
Born: Aug. 4, 1901
Died: July 6, 1971
Passed away in his sleep.
Spouse(s): 1918-1922 Daisy Parker
1924-1931 Lillian Hardin
1936-1942 Alpha Smith
1942-1971 Lucille Wilson

Big Bopper: Jiles Perry Richardson
Born: Oct. 24, 1930
Died: Feb 3, 1959 - Plane crash
Spouse: Adrian Joy Fryon
Children: Deborah

Kurt Cobain
Born: Feb. 20, 1967
Died: April 8, 1994 - Suicide
Spouse: Courtney Love
Children: Frances Bean Cobain

Ella Fitzgerald
Born: 1918
Died: June 17, 1996
Died due to complications of her diabetes.

Jerry Garcia
Born: Aug. 1, 1942
Died: Aug. 9, 1995 - Heart attack

Jimi Hendrix: Born as Johnny Allen &
renamed to James Marshall in 1946 by father.
Born: Nov. 27, 1942
Died: Sep. 18, 1970 - Drug overdose

Buddy Holley: Charles Hardin Holley
Born: 1936
Died: Feb. 3, 1959 - Plane crash

John Lennon
Born: 1940
Died: Dec. 8, 1980 - Shot in the back
Spouse(s): Cynthia Powell (1st wife)
Yoko Ono (2nd wife)
Children: Sean Lennon, Julian Lennon

Jim Morrison
Born: Dec. 8, 1943
Died: July 2, 1971 - Collapsed heart

Elvis Aaron Presley
Born: Jan. 8, 1935
Died: Aug. 16, 1977
Died from complications due
to long use of drugs.
Spouse: Priscilla Presley
Children: Lisa-Marie Presley

Selena
Born: April 16, 1971
Died: March 31, 1995
She was shot by the president
of her own fan club.
Spouse: Chris Perez

Tupac Shakur
Born: June 16, 1971
Died: Sep. 13, 1996
Died due to complications
from gun shot wounds

Ritchie Valens
Born: May 13, 1941
Died: Feb. 3, 1959 - Plane Crash

Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls:
Christopher G. Wallace
Born: May 21, 1972
Died: March 6, 1997 - Shot
Spouse: Faith Evans