Little Jimmy Dickens Death
Little passed away on January 2, 2015 at the age of 89 in Cardiac Arrest. Little's cause of death was nashville, tennessee u.s.a...
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Cardiac Arrest
Little Jimmy Dickens Birthday and Date of Death
Little Jimmy Dickens was born on December 19, 1925 and died on January 2, 2015. Little was 89 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: December 19, 1925
Date of Death: January 2, 2015
Age at Death: 89
Little Jimmy Dickens - Biography
Little Jimmy Dickens was a country singer who was born on December 19, 1925 as James Cecil Dickens.
He is famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Dickens married Connie Chapman in 1944, the marriage ended in divorce in 1955. Later that year, he married Ernestine Jones; she died in 1968 in an automobile accident while traveling in Texas. He married Mona Evans in 1971.
Dickens was hospitalized after a stroke on December 25, 2014, days after his last appearance on the Opry to mark his birthday. He died of cardiac arrest on January 2, 2015, at the age of 94. He is survived by his wife, Mona Dickens, whom he married in 1971, and two daughters, Pamela Detert and Lisa King.
After his funeral on January 8, 2015 at the Grand Ole Opry House, Dickens was entombed in the Cross Mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville.
