Is Lucille Wilson Dead or Still Alive? Lucille Wilson Birthday and Date of Death

Lucille Wilson Death

Lucille passed away on October 13, 1983 at the age of 69 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Lucille Wilson Birthday and Date of Death

Lucille Wilson was born on January 13, 1914 and died on October 13, 1983. Lucille was 69 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: January 13, 1914
Date of Death: October 13, 1983
Age at Death: 69

Lucille Wilson - Biography

Lucille Wilson was previously married to Louis Armstrong. They had been married 30 years until Louis' death in 1971. Lucille Buchanan Wilson Armstrong was born in the Bronx in 1914 to Maude Perry Wilson and John Wilson. She was the youngest of four children a sister.
Lucille took both piano and dance lessons as a child and began her professional career at the Alhambra Theater in Harlem, went on to dance in the Broadway show “Flying Colors” and later joined the Cotton Club chorus line. She met Louis Armstrong in 1938. Louis said, “When I first saw her in the line at the Cotton Club, she was the darkest girl on the line Lucille was the first Black girl to crack the high yellow or brown bag color standard that was used to pick girls for the chorus.” Although thirteen years older than Lucille, Louis pursued and married her after his divorce. They were married in 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri at the home of Velma Middleton. She gave up her dancing career and devoted her life to being Mrs. Louis Armstrong.

After Armstrong’s death Lucille was busier than ever. She became a community activist, devoted her time and efforts to charitable and civic endeavors that benefited her community in addition to devoting time to support national and international entertainment endeavors.
Lucille died October 13, 1983. Lucille’s will left everything to The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc. and the house to the City of New York. The house is now the landmarked Louis Armstrong House Museum.