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Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson

Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson were married for 37 years before Pearl Bailey died, leaving behind her partner and 2 children.

They had 2 children, Tony and Dee Dee (63).

American Actress Pearl Bailey was born Pearl Mae Bailey on 29th March, 1918 in Newport News, Virginia, USA and passed away on 17th Aug 1990 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA aged 72. She is most remembered for The Pearl Bailey Show (1971). Her zodiac sign is Aries.

American Jazz Musician Louie Bellson was born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonion Balassoni on 26th July, 1924 in Rock Falls, Illinois, USA and passed away on 14th Feb 2009 Los Angeles, California, USA aged 84. He is most remembered for Marriage to Pearl Bailey. His zodiac sign is Leo.

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(19 November 1952 - 17 August 1990) (her death) (2 children)
On November 19, 1952, Bailey married jazz drummer Louie Bellson in London. They adopted a child, Tony, in the mid-1950s, and subsequently a girl, Dee Dee J. Bellson, born April 20, 1960. Tony Bellson died in 2004, and Dee Dee Bellson, at age 49, died July 4, 2009, five months after her father, Louie Bellson, who died on Valentine's Day 2009.