Calloway, Cab
From Astro-Databank
| Name |
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| Birthname | Calloway, Cabell III | ||
| born on | 25 December 1907 | ||
| Place | Rochester NY, USA, 43n09, 77w36 | ||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||
| Data source |
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| Astrology data |   02°46'  
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Biography
American bandleader, singer and composer, known for his great "Minnie the Moocher." He was also an author, dancer and actor, a performer for more than six decades in nightclubs, Broadway and films. During the roaring 20s he played in Harlem's famed Cotton Club, coming to epitomize the hot Jazz Age. Always the last word in hip, Calloway became known as "King of the Hi De Ho," even publishing a "Hepster's Dictionary."
The second of six kids born to an attorney and his wife, he taught himself to play the drums and soon was flashing his own flamboyant style in clubs.
Married twice, Calloway had five kids. He died the late evening of 11/18/1994, Wilmington, DE, after suffering a stroke on 6/12/1994.
Events
- Death by Disease 18 November 1994 at 12:00 noon in Hockessin, DE (Complications from a stroke, age 86)
Source Notes
LMR quotes date in reference; time unknown
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger (Composer, bandleader)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Drums)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Died from the complications of the stroke)
