Talk:Mahalia Jackson

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I cut references to Mahalia Jackson's aquaintance with Della Reese and the fact that she inspired character names in Victory Gundam. Both may be true, but I don't think they merit inclusion in an encyclopedia article. Jackson was one of the most important singers of the 20th century; she knew many of the important musicians of her time quite well (Duke Ellington, for example) and has inspired countless others. Singling these two examples out at random in an article of this length looks bizarre, and suggests that they are somehow more important than Jackson herself. NoahB 18:47, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

I took out the words "The Lord's Prayer" from "Popular Culture" because they had no place or meaning there. I suspect that they were meant as a song, but since I cannot verify that this was a well-known songs of Jackson I did not move it into "Well-Known Songs". 129.79.144.144 17:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I am surprised at the briefness of this article! As one of the most important singers of our time, I expected this article would be much more detailed. I'll start trying to find more information to include in Ms. Jackson's article James 18:50, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Has anyone else noticed that all sources cite her birth year as 1911, yet her headstone cites it as 1912?James 20:06, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I did and although the headstone reads 1912, the websites and encyclopedia I checked both confirm 1911 as her birth year.

[edit] Diabetes

Our article states that she died of diabetes and heart failure. The New York Times obituary, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Findagrave all state that it was heart failure alone. What is the source for the diabetes claim? Capitalistroadster 09:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] IPA request

Add IPA of "Mahalia". Jidanni (talk) 01:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

This article or section contains only non-IPA pronunciation information which should be expanded with the International Phonetic Alphabet. For assistance, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation).