This Day in History: 1929-12-19

Lemon Henry “Blind Lemon” Jefferson

American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 36 of acute myocarditis, however, some claim he was killed while being robbed of a large sum of money or that a jealous lover poisoned his coffee!. He was buried in an unmarked grave until 1967 when a historic marker was erected and them a permanent granite marker in 1997.