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Bo Diddley
Dead
Born: 12/30/1928 in McComb, Mississippi, USADied: 6/2/2008
Age: 79
Cause of death: heart failure
Full name: Ellas Otha Bates
Nickname: Ellas McDaniel
Noted For: early rock and roll singer and guitarist; hits include "I'm a Man" (1955). Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987).
