| Lionel Hampton  Born: 20-Apr-1908
Birthplace: Louisville, KY
Died: 31-Aug-2002
Location of death: Manhattan, NY [1]
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Christian Science
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Jazz Musician Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader Raised Roman Catholic, converted to Christian Science.
[1] Mount Sinai Medical Center, Manhattan, NY.
Father: (declared MIA in WWII)
Wife: Gladys Riddle (m. 1936, d. 1971)
Freemasonry
George W. Bush for President
National Republican Senatorial Committee
NEA Jazz Master 1988
Kennedy Center Honor 1992
Stroke
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Benny Goodman Story (Dec-1955) Himself
A Song is Born (19-Oct-1948) Himself
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