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Following an altercation between sets, Morgan's common-law wife Helen Moore (a.k.a. Helen Morgan) shot him. The injuries were not immediately fatal, but the ambulance was slow in arriving on the scene as the city had experienced heavy snowfall that resulted in extremely difficult driving conditions.
Oct 11, 2021 · A comprehensive article on the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, who rose to fame with Art Blakey and John Coltrane, but struggled with addiction and was killed by his wife. Learn about his early talent, his experimental albums, his legacy and his controversies.
Feb 16, 2022 · Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, tragedy cutting short the life and career of the prolific and celebrated jazz musician. Nearly 50 years later, one fan discovered that Morgan's resting place seemed...
Nov 23, 2019 · Lee Morgan, the fiery-hot, extremely talented jazz trumpet player, died much too soon. His skyrocketing career was cut short, at age 33, one cold February night in 1972 at a Manhattan, N.Y. club called Slug's. He was shot to death by his 46-year-old common-law wife Helen.
Mar 23, 2017 · The brilliant trumpeter Lee Morgan, whose shocking and untimely death at the age of 33 is at the center of I Called Him Morgan, doesn't star in this documentary so much as haunt it.
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- Nate Chinen
Oct 1, 2016 · Richard Brody on Kasper Collin’s documentary “I Called Him Morgan,” about the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his wife, who shot him to death.
Mar 18, 2017 · Leave it to a Swedish documentarian to unearth a nearly forgotten chapter in the history of American jazz: the brilliant life and ugly death of trumpeter Lee Morgan—shot by his common-law...
