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In 1938, Calloway released Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue: A "Hepster's" Dictionary, the first dictionary published by an African American. It became the official jive language reference book of the New York Public Library. [31] A revised version of the book was released with Professor Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau in 1939.
A coroner's report listed Calloway's official cause of death as exhaustive psychosis, now more commonly called excited delirium syndrome (EDS), [13] a "controversial condition" [14] often retrospectively assigned to those who die under restraint in custody. Prior to his death, Calloway's marriage to Terri Calloway had ended in divorce. [2]
DuBois was born Jeannette Theresa Dubois in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [10] She was the daughter of Lillian Gouedy (1910–1984) and Gordon Adelbert Dubois (1915–1960) [11] [9] and was raised in Amityville, New York, on Long Island.
Stormy Weather is a 1943 American musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox, adapted by Frederick J. Jackson, Ted Koehler and H.S. Kraft from the story by Jerry Horwin and Seymour B. Robinson, directed by Andrew L. Stone, produced by William LeBaron and starring Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Cab Calloway.
In 1970, Crosse married singer Chris Calloway, daughter of Cab Calloway. They had one son, Rupert Osaze Dia Crosse, who was nine months old at the time of Crosse's death. [3] Their son died in 2002 from a heart condition brought on by prior drug abuse. [4] Calloway died of breast cancer in August 2008. [5]
Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. [3]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
The brothers were known as The Hines Kids, making nightclub appearances at venues in Miami, Florida, with Cab Calloway. [2] They were later known as The Hines Brothers. When their father joined the act as a drummer, their name changed again in 1963 to Hines, Hines, and Dad .