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A Short Biography of Louis Armstrong

Author Name:

Louis Armstrong

Born As:

Louis Daniel Armstrong

Other Names:

Louis Daniel Armstrong

Born:

4 Aug 1901

Died:

6 Jul 1971




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Jazz musician                          
                          
Mother Mary Albert Armstrong
Father William Armstrong                          
                          
Father left the family and mother left Louis and his younger sister Beatrice Armstrong Collins in the care of his grandmother, Josephine Armstrong. Money to buy his first cornet was loaned to him by the Karnofskys, a Russian-Jewish immingrant family. In gratitude Louis wore a Star of David pendant for the rest of his life.