Joni James was born Giovanna Carmella Babbo, on September 22, 1930 – and died on February 20, 2022. She was an American singer of traditional pop music. Joan Carmella Babbo was born to an Italian-American family in Chicago, Illinois, on September 22, 1930,[2] as one of six children supported by her widowed mother.
As an adolescent, she studied drama and ballet, and on graduating from Bowen High School, located in the South Chicago neighborhood, went with a local dance group on a tour of Canada. She then took a job as a chorus girl in the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago.
Joni James Cause Of Death
The cause of the death of Joni James has not yet been disclosed. Probably the family can decide to keep it secret or reveal it after the full autopsy report is ready.
How Did Joni James Die?
James died Sunday, February 20, 2022, of natural causes in a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, her family announced.