Adelaide Hall Cause Of Death, Obituary, Funeral
Adelaide Hall is one of the legends remembered today after 30 years of her death. Read about her obituary and her funeral details.
The singer Adelaide Hall was born in New York, but she made London her home in the 1930s. It was here that she opened a nightclub in Mayfair with her Trinidadian husband, Bert Hicks. In addition to her appearances at the club, Adelaide sang on BBC radio and entertained the troops and the British public, who needed a boost during the dark days of the Second World War.
In 1940, Adelaide embarked on a concert tour that brought her to South London. Just before the official start of the London Blitz on September 7, 1940, she topped the bill at the Lewisham Hippodrome with her piano accompanist, Gerry Moore. On the evening of Monday, August 26, 1940, in the middle of her act, the air raid siren sounded, but most of the audience remained seated.
When the raid started, everyone in the theatre could hear the screaming bombs falling and exploding and the bursts of anti-aircraft machine gun fire. Though the building was strongly constructed, the sound of exploding bombs close by was clearly felt in the auditorium. Adelaide encouraged the nervous audience to join her in some community song numbers, and she later recalled: ‘We—the performers and the audience—were told that no one could leave the theatre because it was too dangerous. Outside, everything was burning. So, we just carried on, and I managed to get the audience to join in on many of the songs.
What caused the death of Adelaide Hall?
The family of Adelaide Hall did not make public the cause of the Jazz singer’s death. Neither is there any information from any source online disclosing the cause of her death.
Obituary of Adelaide Hall
Minnie Adelaide Dixon Hall, age 98, passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, Nov. 30, 2014. She was the beloved daughter of the late Albert and Minnie Dixon, and devoted wife to the late James T. Hall Sr. Adelaide was also preceded in death by her sister, Anna Perkins, and her sons, Albert V. Hall and Darryl D. Hall.
A loving matriarch with an energetic spirit, Adelaide is survived by six children, William G. Hall (Alice), Joy A. Onley (Robert), James T. Hall Jr. (Jan), Karen L. Hall, Reginald S. Hall (Joan), and Ann A. Shivers (Edmond); and two daughters-in-law, Constance Hall and Donna Hall. She also leaves behind a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, great-great-great grandchildren, family members, and friends who will all cherish her memory.
Funeral of Adelaide Hall
The family received friends at a wake on Fri., Dec. 5, 2014, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church, 101 W. All Saints St., Frederick, MD. Services will be held on Sat., Dec. 6, 2014, at Jackson Chapel UM Church, 5609 Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick MD, with their viewing at 9 a.m. and funeral at 10 a.m. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, followed by a repast at Asbury UMC.
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