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- Birth nameJacqueline Ruth Cain
- Jackie Cain was born on May 22, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was married to Roy Kral. She died on September 15, 2014 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
- SpouseRoy Kral(June 27, 1949 - August 2, 2002) (his death, 2 children)
- Stepmother of Tiffany Bolling.
- Partner, with husband Roy Kral, of cabaret duo Jackie and Roy.
- At age 14, she summoned the courage to ask a visiting bandleader if she could sing with his group. They asked her to sing at every show.
- She began singing professionally in Chicago. One night, a friend invited her to sit in with a quartet at a club. The band's pianist was Roy Kral. They teamed up and rose to initial fame as vocalists with bebop saxophonist Charlie Ventura and his band in the late 1940s.
- Her father, a furniture salesman who also managed a community theater, included her in an amateur show when she was about 6.
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