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Oct 1, 2022 · Louis McKay and Billie Holiday met while she was touring Europe and working on her autobiography sometime in 1956. Some reports say he acted as her pimp , eventually graduating to being her “manager” and brutally violent husband.
Feb 5, 2023 · When he died at the age of 72 in 1981, his wife Bernice McKay inherited a third of Holiday's estate as well as McKay's son from a previous marriage, Louis McKay, III. Legendary jazz singer...
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.
On March 28, 1957, Holiday married Louis McKay, a mob enforcer. McKay, like most of the men in her life, was abusive. They were separated at the time of her death, but McKay had plans to start a chain of Billie Holiday vocal studios, on the model of the Arthur Murray dance schools.
Apr 23, 2021 · When Holiday died in 1959 without a will — but with a roll of $50 bills strapped to her leg, as the story goes — McKay did end up inheriting her estate, including her recording royalties ...
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 ...
