Sigmond Galloway, Mahalia Jackson's ex-husband
Sigmond Galloway is the ex-husband of Mahalia Jackson. Sigmond’s ex-wife, Mahalia was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, Sigmond Galloway’s wife Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the U.S. During a time when racial segregation was pervasive in American society, she met considerable and unexpected success in a recording career, selling an estimated 22 million records and performing in front of integrated and secular audiences in concert halls around the world.
Sigmond Galloway was also a musician. He was a Jazz musician from northern Indiana.
Sigmond Galloway: Profile Summary
| Full Name | Sigmond Galloway |
| Famous as | Wife of Mahalia Jackson |
| Date of Birth | 1923 |
| Age at Time of Death | Unknown |
| Place of Birth | United States of American |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | African-American |
| Wife | Sigmond Gallaway |
| Children | Unknown |
| Date of Death | Unknown |
Born in 1923, Sigmond was the ex-husband of Mahalia Jackson. Just as Mahalia, Gallaway was a musician. He was a Jazz musician. The exact place of date of birth of Gallaway is unknown.
How did he and Jackson meet? Through friends, Jackson met Sigmond Galloway, who was a former musician in the construction business living in Gary, Indiana. Despite Jackson’s hectic schedule and the constant companions she had in her entourage of musicians, friends, and family, she expressed loneliness and began courting Galloway when she had free time. As a complete surprise to her closest friends and associates, Jackson married Galloway in her living room in 1964.
Sigmond Galloway’s wife Jackson couldn’t stop coughing when driving home after a concert in St. Louis only a few weeks after their wedding. She checked herself into a Chicago hospital. Jackson has been experiencing tiredness and shortness of breath since the postponement of her European tour in 1952. These outbursts became more common as her schedule became busier and more expectations were placed on her. The official diagnosis this time was heart strain and weariness, but Jackson’s physicians told her privately that she suffered a heart attack and that sarcoidosis had spread to her heart.
Jackson’s recovery took a full year during which she was unable to tour or record, ultimately losing 50 pounds (23 kg). Jackson was often depressed and frustrated at her own fragility.
Galloway proved to be unreliable, leaving for long periods during Jackson’s convalescence, then upon his return insisting she was imagining her symptoms. He tried taking over managerial duties from agents and promoters despite being inept. They argued over money; Galloway attempted to strike Jackson on two different occasions, the second one thwarted when Jackson ducked and he broke his hand hitting a piece of furniture behind her. The marriage dissolved and she announced her intention to divorce.
He responded by requesting a jury trial, rare for divorces, in an attempt to embarrass her by publicizing the details of their marital problems. When Galloway’s infidelities were proven in testimony, the judge declined to award him any of Jackson’s assets or properties. The two later divorced in 1967. They were married for 3 years.
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