Was Duke Ellington married?
“Music is my mistress,” he wrote, “and she plays second fiddle to no one.” Mr. Ellington married Edna Thompson in 1918. Their son, Mercer, was born the following year. Also Why did Duke Ellington get divorced? The Duke and his wife, Edna, separated in 1929 after 11 years of marriage when his philandering prompted her […]
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