Willie Robinson

July 6, 1926 (age 81)

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Robinson had been a sharecropper, a soldier and a boxer. A steady position as an emcee/comedian at a Trenton, New Jersey nightclub led to his singing career. He eventually sang with B.B. King 21-piece orchestra. He and King became friends. Robinson settled in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 and played in clubs, but by 2004 he was homeless. Musicians and other concerned individuals, when they learned of Robinson"s situation, held a benefit concert on his behalf, making sure he was federal and clothed. He died, aged 81, from a fire accidentally started by a cigarette he had been smoking in bed at his home in Jamaica Plain, Boston. He was survived by a daughter.

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Robinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Robinson had been a sharecropper, a soldier and a boxer. A steady position as an emcee/comedian at a Trenton, New Jersey nightclub led to his singing career. He eventually sang with B.B. King 21-piece orchestra.

He and King became friends.

Robinson settled in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 and played in clubs, but by 2004 he was homeless. Musicians and other concerned individuals, when they learned of Robinson"s situation, held a benefit concert on his behalf, making sure he was federal and clothed.

He died, aged 81, from a fire accidentally started by a cigarette he had been smoking in bed at his home in Jamaica Plain, Boston. He was survived by a daughter.

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