Dinah was married seven times. February 1957 Dinah Washington & Goddaughter Patti Austin, and my (Berna Dean Jones Brown)cousin. Her real name Ruth Jones.
In October 2013, her recording of "Romance In The Dark" was used in a TV advertisement for Guiness Brewers. In early July 1963, Lane married jazz singer Dinah Washington and began serving as her business manager, leading to reports that he may not continue his football career.
At the age of 39, she was the self-acclaimed yet undisputed 'queen of the blues'. Dinah had no shame in her game and changed husbands like clothes. In 1946, Washington left the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and signed as a solo artist with Mercury Records. She was a progressive Democrat who strongly supported the presidency of John F. Kennedy . Dinah Washington was previously married to Rafael Campos, John Young (spouse) and George Jenkins (1946). Dinah met her second husband, musician George Jenkins, in 1944. They were married from 1961 to 1962. sing it loud and proud (Dinah Washington and god-daughter Patti Austin) I would like to post Vintage photos of women of color here. DINAH Washington died in Detroit in December 1963. We come in all shades, sizes and looks. Eleven years her junior, Rafael Campos was Dinah’s 6th husband but not last. However, he signed a contract with the Lions in late July.
Husband number five was saxophonist Eddie Chamblee, who, like Dinah, grew up in Chicago. They were married shortly before the birth of their son George Jenkins Jr. in June 1946 and divorced by the end of that same year. Dinah Washington: A Queen in Turmoil Before her death at 39 in 1963, singer Dinah Washington battled her seven husbands, her weight and even her … my father Albert Jones and her father Ollie Jones were brothers! One of her many husbands was George Jenkins, a one-time drummer in Lionel Hampton's band.
Queen of the Blues, Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) and husband actor Rafael Campos * (May 13 1936 – July 9, 1985). Dinah Washington was in relationships with Robert Grayson, Dick Lane, Walter Buchanan (footballer) and Eddie Chamblee.