- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJimmy Yves Newman
- Jimmy C. Newman was born on August 29, 1927 in Mamou, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Porter Wagoner Show (1961), Dolly (1987) and Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana (1990). He was married to Mae Newman and Mae. He died on June 21, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpousesMae NewmanMae(? - June 21, 2014) (his death)
- Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
- Cajun singer.
- Inducted into the Cajun Music Hall of Fame in 2004.
- During the World War II started, he worked in a defense plant as a welder's helper and there he met a electrician and music aficionado named J.D. Miller.
- He grew up in a bilingual family. His parents listened to the cowboy songs of Gene Autry, and the country music of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.
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