As per our current Database, Gerald Wiggins has been died on Jul 13, 2008 (age 86).
When Gerald Wiggins die, Gerald Wiggins was 86 years old.
| Popular As | Gerald Wiggins |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Age | 86 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 12, 1922 (New York) |
| Birthday | May 12 |
| Town/City | New York |
| Nationality | New York |
Gerald Wiggins’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Gerald Wiggins was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Nicknamed The Wig. He was a flexible and respected jazz Artist who was known for his trio with Bassist Andy Simpkins and Drummer Paul Humphrey.
His first professional gig was as an accompanist for pioneering black actor and Comedian Stepin Fetchit.
His collaborators included Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, Kay Starr, Nat King Cole, Lou Rawls, and Jimmy Witherspoon.
He fathered a son, J.J., who would become a Bassist and take the name Hassan Shakur.
He appeared in an episode of the sitcom 227 starring Marla Gibbs.
