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:
70
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.

Grave Location GPS

41.67976971305235, -87.7499573309873

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