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Billy Lee Tipton (December 29, 1914 – January 21, 1989) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and talent broker. Tipton lived and identified as a man for most of his adult life; after his death, friends and family were surprised to learn that he was transgender.
Jun 2, 1998 · On the morning of Jan. 21, 1989, Billy Tipton, 74, a gifted jazz musician who was a veteran of the tiny clubs and V.F.W. posts of small-town America, collapsed on the floor of a mobile home in...
Mar 31, 2021 · You may have heard of revered jazz musician Billy Tipton, who rose to fame in the 1940s and '50s, but it's unlikely you know the whole story behind him.
Nov 24, 2020 · Billy Tipton Sr., like many trans people, studiously avoided visiting doctors, even when an ulcer all but incapacitated him. Tipton collapsed in his home on January 21, 1989, dead at age 74.
Sep 18, 2020 · No Ordinary Man, co-written by Amos Mac and Montreal-based filmmaker Aisling Chin-Yee and co-directed by Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt, reframes Billy Tipton's story, weaving together the few ...
Jul 15, 2021 · The documentary “No Ordinary Man” examines the life and death of Billy Tipton, a jazz musician who came into prominence in the 1930s, and whose career lasted for over 40 years.
Billy Tipton was a trans jazz musician who rose to prominence in the 1940s and 1950s, only to be outed after his death and become fodder for daytime talk sho...
