Eubie Blake AKA James Hubert Blake Born: 7-Feb-1883 Birthplace: Baltimore, MD Died: 12-Feb-1983 Location of death: Brooklyn, NY Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Jazz Musician Nationality: United States Executive summary: Ragtime jazz pianist Father: John Sumner Blake (former slave, fought in Civil War, b. 1838, d. 1917) Mother: Emily Johnson (domestic servant, b. 1861, d. 1927) Wife: Avis Lee (pianist, m. 1910, d. 1939 tuberculosis, no children) Wife: Marion Tyler (dancer, m. 27-Dec-1945, d. 1982)
University: New York University (attended 2.5 years, late 1940s)
Presidential Medal of Freedom 9-Oct-1981 Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame 1983 Theatre Hall of Fame 1995
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Scott Joplin (1977)
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