Meade Lux Lewis, a Life in Pictures: The Hortig Archives
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Promotional photo from early 1940s.
Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
With friends. Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
With friend.
Recent picture of Meade's Los Angeles house. Photo by Dan Mangurian.
At the Piano
Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
With guitarist.
Taken at the childhood home of Denise. Meade: "It all looks like Chinese to me." Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
Family
Meade's mother front left. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
With older brother Julius, Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
With brothers Milard and Julius, Minneapolis, circa 1960s. Courtesy Denise Buckner.
Meade And His Cars
Meade and his Cadillac.
Meade and his Cadillac.
Meade and his Cadillac.
Meade and convertible.
Death
On June 7, 1964, Meade was killed by a drunk driver after a gig at the White House restaurant in Minneapolis.
Accident scene.
Police report.
Death certificate.
Headstone. Photo by Dan Mangurian.