[Dixielandjazz] Long Lived Musicians

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:57:50 -0400

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Dear Perry,
Your "(?)" after Jan Savitt is justified - "Jan Savitt died of a
cerebral hemorrhage Monday (4) in Sacramento, Cal. His death came a few
days after he was stricken while travelling [sic] to a date at Memorial
Aud and his band played the date without him. Savitt was 35". (VARIETY,
October 6, 1948.) Perhaps the fact that he was in transit when he became
ill led to the belief that he died in an auto accident.
"Chippie" Hill was a pedestrian when she was killed--"Bertha 'Chippy'
[sic] Hill, 50...died in New York May 7, after being hit by an
unidentified motorist while crossing a street in Harlem". (VARIETY, May
10, 1950).
Thanks for your suggestion that I should go on line, which I sent to the
University Press of Musississippi. Incidentally, tuberculosis was
probably the most prevalent disease among jazzmen --Freddie Keppard,
Chick Webb, Charlie Christian, Bubber Miley, Jimmy Blanton, Joe
Sullivan, Roy Fox, Charlie Green, and others. All the best.
Fred
Pepett@aol.com wrote:

>             Wild Bill lived to be 83  Jim McPartland  lived to be 83
> or 84
>            BUT, unfortunately, for every one who lived LONG, I assume
> you could name 6 who died early
>           Strangely enough, many were killed in auto accidents of one
> type or another Bus Etry (SP), Bessie Smith, Chu Berry, Chippie Hil,
> Frank Teschemacher, Jan Savitt(?) for starters!
> Perry
>
> LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

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Dear Perry,
 Your "(?)" after Jan Savitt is justified - "Jan Savitt died of a cerebral
hemorrhage Monday (4) in Sacramento, Cal. His death came a few days after
he was stricken while travelling [sic] to a date at Memorial Aud and his
band played the date without him. Savitt was 35". (VARIETY, October 6,
1948.) Perhaps the fact that he was in transit when he became ill led to
the belief that he died in an auto accident.
 "Chippie" Hill was a pedestrian when she was killed--"Bertha 'Chippy'
[sic] Hill, 50...died in New York May 7, after being hit by an unidentified
motorist while crossing a street in Harlem". (VARIETY, May 10, 1950).
 Thanks for your suggestion that I should go on line, which I sent to
the University Press of Musississippi. Incidentally, tuberculosis was probably
the most prevalent disease among jazzmen --Freddie Keppard, Chick Webb,
Charlie Christian, Bubber Miley, Jimmy Blanton, Joe Sullivan, Roy Fox,
Charlie Green, and others. All the best.
 Fred
 Pepett@aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Wild Bill lived to be 83&nbsp; Jim McPartland&nbsp; lived to be 83 or 84
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
BUT, unfortunately, for every one who lived LONG, I assume you could name
6 who died early
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Strangely enough, many were killed in auto accidents of one type or another
Bus Etry (SP), Bessie Smith, Chu Berry, Chippie Hil, Frank Teschemacher,
Jan Savitt(?) for starters!
 Perry
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL</blockquote>
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