Born 19 January 1943, Port Arthur, Texas, USA Died 04 October 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA Joplin was the eldest of her siblings Michael and Laura, and attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where she began painting and listening to blues artists Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Big Mama Thornton and Odetta with the other rebellious kids in her ...
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