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Also Known As Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett • Gertrude Malissa Nix Rainey
Born April 26, 1886 • Columbus • Georgia
Died December 22, 1939 (aged 53) • Rome • Georgia
Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1990)

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