Talk:Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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there seems to be a problem with the dates of this article. it says hawkins was born July 18, 1929. The article then goes on to say that her served in the Pacific theatre during WW2. If this was true he would have been 16 years old when Japan surrendered. Hardly the basis for a long wartime career. Even if he joined under age (at 14) he would surely not have gone straight from the recruiting office onto a troopship. Even the US Army carry out some training (especially if, as Hawkins claims, he was a Parachutist. 194.152.93.186 11:50, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

source to back up cause of death.

"(reportedly due to complications after surgery on an obstructed bowel)" is used in the article, but has only been a part of the article since March, 2007. Seems like graffiti playing on Hawkins' song 'Constipation Blues'. If a source cannot be found for this, it should be removed. --BarenakedKevin 01:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)BarenakedKevin[reply]

AMG's biography of him says that he died after surgery following an aneurysm, so I'm going to go ahead and revert the cause of death. Obstructed bowels would be too funny to be true :/. I'd say that the whole children thing looks pretty credible, though. Recnilgiarc 20:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~ the blockage as a cause of death was mentioned in the Feb. 2000 Salon obit. Here's the link: http://archive.salon.com/people/obit/2000/02/18/hawkins/index.html

Children

There is a documentary about the search for his children (sadly I can't recall the title)and the meeting they all had. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.13.39.98 (talk) 11:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Death overshadowed

Article says his death was overshadowed by the deaths, on the same day, as Schultz, Landry, and Oliver. WTF???? OLIVER? Hawkins's death was not in any way overshadowed by the death of Oliver. Unless I see a justification for the significance of Oliver's death, he gets deleted. Furrfu! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 21:08, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

no leave it it's funny as hell —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 21:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]