Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Death
Adam passed away on April 4, 1972 at the age of 63 in Miami, Florida, USA. Adam's cause of death was acute prostatitis.
When did Adam Clayton Powell Jr. die?
April 4, 1972How did Adam Clayton Powell Jr. die? What was the cause of death?
Acute prostatitisHow old was Adam Clayton Powell Jr. when died?
63Where did Adam Clayton Powell Jr. die? What was the location of death?
Miami, Florida, USA
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Birthday and Date of Death
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was born on November 29, 1908 and died on April 4, 1972. Adam was 63 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: November 29, 1908
Date of Death: April 4, 1972
Age at Death: 63
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. - Biography
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was a Baptist pastor and an American politician, who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives (1945–71). He was the first person of African-American descent to be elected from New York to Congress. Oscar Stanton De Priest of Illinois was the first black person to be elected to Congress in the 20th century; Powell was the fourth. Blacks in the South were disenfranchised and excluded from politics until after passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s.
In 1933, Powell married Isabel Washington (1908–2007), an African-American singer and nightclub entertainer. Like Powell, she was of mixed race. She was the sister of actress Fredi Washington. Powell adopted Washington's, son Preston, from her first marriage.
After their divorce, in 1945, Powell married the singer Hazel Scott. They had a son named Adam Clayton Powell III. In the early 21st century, Adam Clayton Powell III became Vice Provost for Globalization at the University of Southern California.
Powell divorced again, and in 1960 married Yvette Flores Diago from Puerto Rico. They had a son, whom they named Adam Clayton Powell Diago, using the mother's surname as a second surname, according to Hispanic tradition. In 1980, this son changed his name to Adam Clayton Powell IV (dropping "Diago" from his name) when he moved to the mainland of the United States from Puerto Rico to attend Howard University. Adam Clayton Powell IV, also known as A.C. Powell IV, was elected to the New York City Council in 1991 in a special election; he served for two terms. He also was elected as a New York state Assemblyman (D-East Harlem) for three terms and had a son named Adam Clayton Powell V. In 1994, and again in 2010, Adam Clayton Powell IV unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Rep. Charles B. Rangel for the Democratic nomination in his father's former congressional district.
In April 1972, Powell became gravely ill and was flown to a Miami hospital from his home in Bimini. He died there on April 4, 1972, at the age of 63, from acute prostatitis, according to contemporary newspaper accounts. After his funeral at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, his son, Adam III, poured his ashes from a plane over the waters of Bimini.
