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Oct 1, 2022 · Louis McKay was a mob enforcer who met Billie Holiday in 1956 and married her in 1957. He was violent, stole her money, and profited from her estate after her death in 1959.
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Feb 5, 2023 · Louis McKay was a mafia enforcer who married Billie Holiday in 1957 after they were arrested for drug possession. He inherited her estate and music royalties, but was accused of being abusive and using her to advance his name.
Aug 4, 2021 · Billie Holiday had a tumultuous relationship with the law as a result of her drug use. She found a partner in crime with husband Louis McKay.
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Learn about the life and career of Billie Holiday, an American jazz and swing music singer who was known as Lady Day. She married Louis McKay in 1957, one of her three husbands.
In March 1957, Holiday married Louis McKay, a Mafia enforcer. McKay was abusive, and at the time of her death they were estranged but not divorced. As Holliday died intestate under New York law...
Feb 26, 2021 · What really did her in was when her abusive husband, Louis McKay, got involved. He learned of Anslinger's plan and agreed to set her up, Hari reported.
Feb 18, 2021 · In the 1972 “Lady Sings the Blues,” McKay, as played by Billy Dee Williams, is Holiday’s super-suave, would-be savior, who struggles mightily (and fails) to get the singer off drugs. (The ...
