[Dixielandjazz] Re: Don Goldie

[LeslieMRag at aol.com]

Don Goldie did commit suicide. He didn't lose a leg, but he did have some  
toes amputated and he was wheelchair-bound and terribly depressed because he'd  
gone from having several bands gigging around town to not playing at all. He 
was  a very complex man and was terrifically insecure in spite of his talent. 
He  was a good friend to The Mississippi Rag over the years--very 
supportive--and  both my sister, Jody, and I enjoyed some lengthy conversations with him. 
He  loved to talk about his early days in the music and about his dad's career. 
He  was very close to his mother and was devastated when she died. We felt 
terrible  when we heard that he had shot himself. I knew he'd been depressed for 
some  time, but it was still a big surprise when he died.
 
Leslie Johnson
_editor at mississippirag.com_ (mailto:editor at mississippirag.com)   OR
lesliemrag at aol.com 
 
 
In a message dated 4/11/2006 7:16:17 PM Central Standard Time,  
dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:

Years  later we heard that Goldie was suffering from the ravages of diabetes  
including the loss of a leg and had committed suicide.   I've never  seen 
this confirmed.   There is a short biography and discography in  the following 
website http://www.univox.com/radio/goldie.html#discog.   It gives his years as 
1930 to 1995.    It does not state the  cause of death.

Bob