Jazz singer who starred in The Godfather
mainMorgana King, who played Marlon Brand0’s wife, Mama Corleone, has died at 87.
Unbeknownst to moviegoers, she was a jazz legend.
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And unbeknownst to jazz legends she was a gangster’s wife and mother of multiple gangsters. Don’t neglect to send the big wreath.
A master singer, nonetheless. One of my father’s favorite artists. RIP.
“I don’t want anything to happen to him while his mother is alive.”
That was jazz?
Come over here and say that!
A maybe more competent view on the subject:
http://www.jazzwax.com/2018/08/morgana-king-1930-2018.html