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John Mills Jr.

American singer, guitarist, and tenor ukulele player. Born 19 Okt 1910 , in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA Died 23 Jan 1936, in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, USA Original member of [a=The Mills Brothers], in which he provided bass vocals, often imitating tuba or upright bass lines, and at the same time playing a guitar or ukulele, the only instrument in the group at that point. The Mills Brothers performed at the Regal Theatre for a special audience: King George V and Queen Mary. While performing in England, John Jr. became ill. He died of tuberculosis at the beginning of 1936, aged just 25, and was replaced by his father, [a=John Mills] Sr.