Blues singer Jesse Fortune collapses on stage, dies (Chicago Tribune)

Blues singer Jesse Fortune, most active in the 1950s and 60s, collapsed on stage while performing Sunday night in Chicago and later died. Fortune, 79, of the 3800 block of West Jackson Boulevard in East Garfield Park, was performing at Gene's Playmate Lounge at 4239 W. Cermak Ave. He was pronounced dead at 12:51 a.m. today at Mt. Sinai Hospital, according to a spokesman for the Cook County ...