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Clarence was born on August 8, 1915, the son of Louis’s cousin Flora Myles (or Miles) and a man Louis remembered as “Copper Cent John” Hatfield.
Clarence (Hatfield) Armstrong lived a full life, dying at age 83, on Oct. 15, 1998, and endures in Armstrong's memoir as the happy athletic boy everyone called, much to Louis's pleasure, "Little Louis Armstrong."
[86] [87] They adopted a three-year-old boy, Clarence, whose mother, Armstrong's cousin Flora, had died soon after giving birth. Clarence Armstrong was mentally disabled as a result of a head injury at an early age. Armstrong spent the rest of his life taking care of him. [88] His marriage to Parker ended when they separated in 1923.
Most biographers have noted that Armstrong was childless. Even though he adopted his late cousin’s mentally disabled son, Clarence, when the boy was three, Armstrong was for 16 years...
Clarence (Hatfield) Armstrong lived a full life, dying at age 83, in August 1998, and endures in Armstrong's memoir as the happy athletic boy everyone called, much to Louis's pleasure, "Little Louis Armstrong."
During his first marriage, Armstrong adopted a 3-year-old boy named Clarence. The boy’s mother was Armstrong’s cousin who had died in childbirth.
Armstrong was noted by several biographers as having never fathered a child, though he did adopt his late cousin's mentally disabled son, Clarence, at the age of three.
While Louis was only 14, he assumed responsibility for raising his cousin’s illegitimate son, Clarence. The father was long gone, and cousin Flora eventually died from complications from childbirth.
Blessings on Tom, on Clarence, on Louis, and on Ricky Riccardi for letting us know about this essay: WHAT I LEARNED FROM CLARENCE ARMSTRONG. Last night I watched a documentary on the Ovation television network on jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
He married Daisy Parker when he was 16 and adopted Clarence Armstrong, a 3-year-old whose mother, Armstrong’s cousin, had died. Louis and Daisy soon divorced, but Armstrong would take care of Clarence, who was mentally disabled, for the rest of his life.