Person in history
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins, American jazz musician (born 1930)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2026 · May 25
Their story
Who they were
Sonny Rollins, American jazz musician (born 1930)
Early life
Early life Walter Theodore Rollins [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was born on September 7, 1930, [ 3 ] at a tenement house on 137th Street between Lenox Avenue and Seventh Avenue , in Harlem , New York City , [ 4 ] to parents – Walter, a naval steward, and Valborg ( née Solomon) [ 5 ] – who were from what was then the Danish Virgin Islands : his father was born in Saint Croix , his mother in Saint Thomas . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The youngest of three siblings,
Why this date
Sonny Rollins appears on our May 25 calendar for 2026 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Sonny Rollins
When did Sonny Rollins die?
May 25 2026.
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