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