Dinah Washington
Born | August 29, 1924 |
Hometown | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America |
Spouse | Dick Lane (m 1963 - 1963) , Jimmy Cobb (m 1951 - 1963) , John Young (m 1942 - 1943) , Rafael Campos (m 1961 - 1962) , Edwin L Chamblee (m 1957 - 1959) , Walter Buchanan (musician) (m 1950 - 1953) , Robert Grayson (m 1947 - 1950) , George Clarke Jenkins (m 1946 - 1947) |
Children | Robert Grayson , George Kenneth Jenkins |
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