In 1970, Wilson's 16-year-old son Jackie Jr. was shot and killed on a neighbor's porch near their Detroit home. Wilson sank into a period of depression, remaining a near-recluse for the next few years.

2014年4月2日 · After spending eight years in a coma, Wilson died on January 21, 1984, at a hospital in Mount Holly, New Jersey. He was only 49 years old. Three years later, Wilson was inducted to the Rock and...

2025年1月17日 · Jackie Wilson (born June 9, 1934, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died January 21, 1984, Mount Holly, New Jersey) was an American singer who was a pioneering exponent of the fusion of 1950s doo-wop, rock, and blues styles into the soul music of the 1960s.

During a 1975 benefit concert, he collapsed on-stage from a heart attack. Then he fell into a coma. The coma lasted nearly nine years until his death in 1984. By then, he had become one of the most influential artists of his generation.

1984年1月23日 · Jackie Wilson, a successful rock-and- roll singer until a coma incapacitated him, died Saturday in Burlington County Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, N. J. He was 49 years old.

2021年8月9日 · Jackie Wilson, the once-famous soul singer who was born in Detroit, had finally received a marker atop his grave. Wilson died at the age of 49 on Jan. 21, 1984. A week later he was buried...

1984年1月23日 · Wilson, who gained fame with his 1958 best-seller 'Lonely Teardrops,' was admitted to Burlington County Memorial hospital Jan. 8 and died Saturday morning at 11 a.m., a hospital spokeswoman...

Jackie Wilson whose honey-rich falsetto-tenor voice had thrilled millions throughout the world died in January, 1984, aged just 49. For the preceding eight years and four months he had been in a vegetable-like state.

1984年1月28日 · DETROIT -- Hundreds of fans mourned singer and songwriter Jackie Wilson Saturday at funeral services that drew entertainers and Detroit residents remembering one of Motown's native sons. Wilson,...

2010年1月21日 · On September 25, 1975, Wilson suffered a heart attack while singing “Lonely Teardrops” at a Dick Clark show in New Jersey. The on-stage fall resulted in a head injury that put him in a coma or vegetative state for the rest of his life.