Harry James was the ex-husband of the late Mary Louise Tobin, an American jazz singer, and musician.
The late Harry James was an American musician known for his trumpet-playing band leadership from 1939 to 1946. Harry James was born on March 5, 1916, and died on July 5, 1983.
His ex-wife, the late Mary Louise Tobin, was also born on November 11, 1918, and died on November 26, 2022, at a granddaughter’s home in Carrollton, Texas, at the age of 104. James Harry and Louise Tobin married on May 4, 1935.
They both had two sons identified as Harry Jeffrey James and Timothy Ray James and divorced in 1943. The late James Harry later married actress Betty Grable and had two daughters, Victoria Elizabeth and Jessica. They later divorced in 1965 and married Las Vegas Showgirl, Joan Boyd. The duo gave birth to a son, Michael, and divorced in 1970.
Harry James was born in Albany, Georgia, United States, to Everett Robert James, a bandleader in a traveling circus, the Mighty Haag Circus, and Myrtle Maybelle.
Harry James was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer due to his smoking, drinking, and gambling lifestyle. Harry Jams died nine days after his last professional job with Harry James Orchestra on June 26, 1983. He died at the age of 67 and his funeral was held in Las Vegas.