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string(156) "Grave of Mark Sandman. Mark Sandman was born on September 24, 1952 and died in Giardini del Principe, Palestrina, Italy due to Heart attack on July 3, 1999."
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string(174) "Grave of Bunk Johnson. Bunk Johnson was born on December 27, 1885 and died in 638 Franklin Street, New Iberia, Louisiana due to Lingering effects of a stroke on July 7, 1949."
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A master blues guitarist and vocalist, he was also B.B. King's uncle
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
New Park Cemetery
4536 Horn Lake Road
Memphis, Tennessee, 38119
USA
North America
Map:
Grave Location:
Devotion, Division II
Grave Location Description
His simple flat marker is about 20 feet from the road
Grave Location GPS
35.0261667, -90.0824833
Photos:
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Videos Featuring Bukka White:
Bukka White -Parchman Farm Blues
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues
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Mississippi Fred McDowell
popular name: Mississippi Fred McDowell
date_of_death: July 3, 1972
age: 68
cause_of_death: Abdominal Cancer
claim_to_fame: Music
best_know_for: Inspired by seeing the legend Charley Patton playing in a juke joint, McDowell secured his reputation without a back catalog of historic blues recordings but rather by playing around the world to enthusiastic fans of low country blues.
Lightnin' Hopkins
popular name: Lightnin' Hopkins
date_of_death: January 30, 1982
age: 69
cause_of_death: Esophageal cancer
claim_to_fame: Music
best_know_for: Sam Lightnin' Hopkins began his blues trail as Blind Lemon Jefferson's guide before spending 30 years on the weekend juke joint circuit. As a soloist who loved to drink, smoke, gamble, fight and chase women, Hopkins had the scars from the prison leg irons of which he sang. Before his death he recorded over 80 albums and Rolling Stone magazine included Hopkins at number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Duke Ellington
popular name: Duke Ellington
date_of_death: May 24, 1974
age: 75
cause_of_death: Lung cancer and pneumonia
claim_to_fame: Music
best_know_for: Considered by many as the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time, Duke Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of Western music. In addition to the over 1000 composition and phenomenal sideman that graced his various musical groups, Ellington was noted for his inventive use of the orchestra and for his eloquence and charisma. His reputation continued to rise after he died, and he was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999.
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