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Etta James

Etta JamesAKA Jamesetta Hawkins

Born: 25-Jan-1938
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Died: 20-Jan-2012
Location of death: Riverside, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia
Remains: Interred, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Soul Diva

Father: (paternity unknown)
Mother: Dorothy
Husband: Artis Mills
Son: Donto
Son: Sametto

    High School: Girls High School (expelled)

    Grammy Best Jazz Vocal Performance (1994)
    Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
    Grammy (2004)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 2003
    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1993
    Rockabilly Hall of Fame
    Expelled from School
    Passing Bad Checks Los Angeles, CA
    Forgery Anchorage, AK
    Drug Possession: Heroin Texas
    Failure to Appear
    House Arrest Kinshasa, Zaire
    unknown detox facility Tarzana Psychiatric Hospital
    Betty Ford Center
    Risk Factors: Heroin, Cocaine, Psilocybin, Marijuana, Alcoholism, Arthritis, Smoking, Leukemia

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Tap (10-Feb-1989)
    Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (18-Sep-1987) · Herself
    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (24-Jul-1978)



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