Talk:Jackie Wilson

message: Unless there's a source that actually links his heart attack to smoking, a statement such as "probably brought on by his cigarette smoking" is unacceptable. There are thousands of other potential triggers for a heart attack, including undiagnosed birth defects and genetics. 68.146.81.123 (talk) 00:06, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cause of heart attack

message: I imagine that there are a number of people who would be curious about the coma period, so if there are a few known facts about that period a paragraph would be good.  What was the coma like- was he totally comatose for the whole time?  What was peoples reaction?  Was he in hospital the whole time.  What was it like when he died?  etc.
IceDragon64 (talk) 00:27, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  coma period 

message: Can someone fix fn. 21 and also fn the reference in "Tributes and Legacy."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by American In Brazil (talk • contribs) 21:38, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cites 

message: Is there really a Shaker Heights section of Detroit, MI?
Hmcnally (talk) 12:17, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Shaker Heights

message: The notion of Elvis Presley calling Jackie Wilson the "Black Elvis" is debatable.  Wasn't Elvis Presley the "White Jackie"?Ddlee202257 (talk) 01:35, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "Black" Elvis ??? 

message: I have a friend who was a fan, who swears that the story at the time was that Jackie stepped off the stage accidentally during his performance.  Her understanding was that the fall was the cause of his condition, and his existing health problems contributed to things, but the cause was the fall.  Anyone else remember it that way?  rags (talk) 22:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fall 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I can't find any evidence online for the statement that Wilson actually converted to Judaism. But... I don't have a copy of the cited source, Thomson Gale's 2007 Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles From the International Black Community. (the article cites p. 165) Can anybody back up that claim?
The Wilson bio Lonely Teardrops basically says he just starting adopting Jewish "mannerisms", wearing a Star of David, and telling people he was Jewish:
https://books.google.com/books?id=r14eLMrbHJIC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=%22jackie+wilson%22+jewish&source=bl&ots=sksEYANPqp&sig=LN0f3bmbep4mBENjV3Y5blAHgrk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeweLU2OvfAhUBKH0KHQ7YBh4Q6AEwGHoECFkQAQ#v=onepage&q=jewish&f=false
That page does state that Wilson said Sammy Davis Jr helped him to convert. Is that enough evidence?
Also according to that book, his wife said to him once when he objected to sending the children to Catholic school, "You're only Jewish because you wear a star of David around your neck!" David Couch (talk) 21:48, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actually a Jewish convert or just stated he was Jewish? 

message: Under Portrayals in the media, the 1999 portrayal by Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) is incorrectly linking to the song Shake, Rattle and Roll instead of the TV miniseries Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story. (I would fix it but I've never edited a Wikipedia page... don't want to mess it up.) MarkG1959 (talk) 15:41, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Link