Well they say Ella was married three times she got married to chuck webb a drummer for a band she was in that was her first and she got married again to the famous bass player Ray Brown and her last marriage was with Benny Kornegay a drug dealer
first she was married to Ben Kornegay then she was married to Raymond Brown jr.
Ray Brown Jr.
Ella had heart surgery they found out she had diabetes. Because of the disease it left her blind and she had both legs amputated.
Yes, shortly after Ella's birth her parents divorced. Her mom and Ella went to Yonkers New York to live with her moms new boy friend Joseph Da Silva. shortly after moving there her mother got pregnant and gave birth to Ella's new brother Frances.I hope this helps:)
Ella Fitzgerald was born to unmarried parents, and before she was a year old her father William Fitzgerald, a wagon driver, left the family. When Ella was 15 her mother Temperence "Tempie" Williams died in 1932 in a car crash, and soon afterwards Ella moved out of her stepfather's home.
Ray Brown Jr. who she adopted with her second husband.
to become a singer
Xavier Wilkins
She married Ben Kornegay
Ray Brown Jr.
she look up and said yes
piano lessons, public school music system, and high school music courses
Ella had heart surgery they found out she had diabetes. Because of the disease it left her blind and she had both legs amputated.
Ella Fitzgeralds early years were hard years as she came from a black family, that had many children it was a tough life for many blacks those years. She grew up in the city of Newport.
Answers.com says 'Her parents, William Fitzgerald and Temperance Williams Fitzgerald ...' The answer is right there in Wikipedia too!
Yes, shortly after Ella's birth her parents divorced. Her mom and Ella went to Yonkers New York to live with her moms new boy friend Joseph Da Silva. shortly after moving there her mother got pregnant and gave birth to Ella's new brother Frances.I hope this helps:)
Ella Fitzgerald was born to unmarried parents, and before she was a year old her father William Fitzgerald, a wagon driver, left the family. When Ella was 15 her mother Temperence "Tempie" Williams died in 1932 in a car crash, and soon afterwards Ella moved out of her stepfather's home.
Her role model was Connee Boswell and tried to follow in her footsteps in becoming a professional singer. After she became a professional singer she considered Connee as her, " First singing teacher."