Bessie Smith was born on April 15, 1894, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., and had a great time in her career but it ended too soon when she died in a car accident on September 26, 1937 (aged 43), in Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age and was nicknamed the “Empress of the Blues”. She was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.
Who inherited Bessie Smith’s money and estate?
Bessie Smith was married to Jack Smith, a security guard whom she married on June 7, 1923, just as her first record was being released. The duo met in 1923 when Smith was living in Philadelphia.
Their marriage was filled with infidelity on both sides, including numerous female sex partners for Bessie. Gee at that time was impressed by the money, but never adjusted to show business life or to Smith’s bisexuality.
In 1929, when she learned of his affair with another singer, Gertrude Saunders, Smith ended the relationship, although neither of them sought a divorce.
Bessie Smith and her husband had a son together, Jack Gee Jr who was the only son and surviving heir of the singer.
Jack Gee Jr had inherited all his mother’s estates and wealth.
