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Eaglin, Snooks, 1936-2009

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Personal name headingEaglin, Snooks, 1936-2009
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Variant(s)Eaglin, Blind Snook, 1936-2009
Eaglin, Snook, 1936-2009
Eaglin, Ferd, 1936-2009
Eaglin, Ford, 1936-2009
Eaglin, Fird, Jr., 1936-2009
LocatedNew Orleans (La.)
Birth date19360121
1937
Death date20090218
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Place of deathNew Orleans (La.)
Field of activityRhythm and blues music Blues (Music)
Profession or occupationRhythm and blues musicians Blues musicians Singers Guitarists
Found inPossum up a simmon tree. [Phonodisc] 195-?
His Baby, you can get your gun! [SR] p1987: label (Snooks Eaglin) container (Ferd "Snooks" Eaglin; b. New Orleans, 1936)
Imperial musicians, 1951-1962 [SR] p1987: label (Ford Eaglin) container (Ford "Snooks" Eaglin; guitarist)
New York times WWW site, Feb. 20, 2009 (in obituary published Feb. 19: Snooks Eaglin; d. Wednesday [Feb. 18, 2009], New Orleans, aged 72; R&B singer and guitarist)
Independent online ed., Apr. 23, 2009 (Snooks Eaglin; b. Fird Eaglin, Jr., Jan. 21, 1936, New Orleans; d. there Feb. 18, 2009)
Social Security death index, accessed via GenealogyBank.com, November 3, 2014 (Fird Eaglin; born 1937; died 2009; state of last residence: Louisiana; state issued: Louisiana)
Wikipedia, November 3, 2014 (Snooks Eaglin; born Fird Eaglin, Jr., January 21, 1936 (some sources including most of the obituary articles claim he was born in 1937), New Orleans, Louisiana; died February 18, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana; an American, New Orleans-based guitarist and singer; also referred to as Blind Snooks Eaglin in his early years)