Muddy Waters

AKA:

The Father of Modern Chicago Blues

Birth Name:

McKinley Morganfield

Birth Date:

April 4, 1913

Birth Place:

Rolling Fork, Mississippi

Death Date:

April 30, 1983

Place of Death:

16 S Adams Street, Westmont, Illinois

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart failure and cancer related complications

Cemetery Name:

Restvale Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Music

If blues is an original American art form, then Muddy Waters should be considered an original American icon. An extraordinarily potent singer, songwriter and guitarist, Waters was the architect of Chicago Blues. Backed by Little Walter, Otis Spann, Ernest "Big" Crawford, Baby Face Leroy and Jimmy Rodgers his music was the single greatest influence on the British blues artists of the sixties. Active up until his death at age 70, he was and always will be the original Hoochie Coochie Man.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Restvale Cemetery

11700 S. Laramie Avenue

Alsip, Illinois, 60803

USA

North America

Grave Location:

Section H, Lot 33, Grave 12

Grave Location Description

As you drive through the entrance to the cemetery on Laramie Street head straight to the office and park. Muddy Water’s grave is about 20 feet from the entrance to the cemetery office.