Benjamin Smoke
Bass guitar, Musical Artist
1960 – 1999
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Who was Benjamin Smoke?
Benjamin was an American singer-songwriter who fronted the Atlanta, Georgia bands Smoke and the Opal Foxx Quartet. He was noted for being a radical, gay rock 'n' roll performer. He died on January 29, 1999 due to liver failure caused by Hepatitis C at age 39. He performed his final concert in Atlanta, Georgia on New Year's Eve, 1998.
He was the subject of a documentary released in 2000 called Benjamin Smoke directed by Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen, filming for which took 10 years.
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- Born
- Jan 28, 1960
Atlanta - Ethnicity
- White people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Cabbagetown (Atlanta)
- Died
- Jan 29, 1999
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on July 23, 2013
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