Biography

Ben Riley was born on July 17, 1933 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Jon Hendricks & Company: In Walked Bud (1983), Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) and Monk in Europe (1968). He was married to Inez Riley. He died on November 18, 2017 in West Islip, New York, USA.

Jazz drummer.

Survived by his wife Inez, two daughters: Kim, and Gina, two sons: Corey and Jason nine grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and one great-great grand child.