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Eubie Blake: Quick Facts

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Also Known As James Hubert Blake
Born February 7, 1887 • Baltimore • Maryland
Died February 12, 1983 (aged 96) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (1981)
Notable Works “I’m Just Wild About Harry” • “Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”

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