Forum Index > Blues News and Theories > Robert Johnson
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Pedro Mendes 30 months ago
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What, do you think he's still alive? LOL Jokes aside, what makes you think the
document is fake? I remember you said the informant (Jim Moore if I remember
correctly) was never found, but GDW found and even took pictures of him and his
wife.
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jrewald 30 months ago
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LOL - No, I don't think he's alive! But for some reason, I have a strong
feeling that the death certificate is a fake. All that correct info? Middle
initial, mother's maiden name, parent's birth places - how unlikely is it that
someone got all that information correct about a traveling musician who carried
no ID? Some of my best friends don't know my mother's maiden name, but someone
knew Roberts... I never heard that about GDW. I had heard that McCormick
tracked him down though, and he was neither a friend nor a relative... I think
maybe he ied, and the document had to be faked for sme reason. Just can't
figure it out.
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Pedro Mendes 30 months ago
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Maybe he told the informations himself? You know, as he was dying. I really see
no reason as to why they'd fake a death certificate for him What could be done
is check other death certificates from the same area and time to see if it was
uncommon to have a certificate with such informations. What do you know, maybe
this was the norm.
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jrewald 30 months ago
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Well, the thing is, he died suddenly. Plus, I did actually study other
certificates from that same time period. It is close to being unheard of for
the information to be that correct for a black man in the thirties. Th only
time I have seen a certificate from the same era be so spot on was in the case
if stillborn babies - and in those cases, the parent(s) is there there to give
all of the information. I find it hard to believe an informant who was not a
family member could get all that information right. Also in a phone call with
Mack McCormick, he told me he believes the document to be fake too. Te only
thing I can't figure out is who would benefit from the certificate if it is a
fake. That's what Mack kept saying to. According to him, if you can figure out
who would want to fake the document, or who would benefit from it, it will all
unravel...
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Pedro Mendes 29 months ago
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Maybe that guy, Steve LaVere, wanted to collect money from Robert Johnson's
songs. So the sister he found was not really his sister and they faked the
document (Steve LaVere could've gotten info from researching) so it would be a
form of proof that she was RJ's sister. I'm really bashing LaVere on the blind
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jrewald 29 months ago
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As far as I know, the note he wrote to Jesus was in fact legit. A copy of it is
actually etched into his tombstone. Well, for a variety of reasons, I don't
think the document was faked that recently. On the contrary - I actually
believe it was faked during RJ's time. Reason is, there is a full investigation
into the death on the back. Also, Gayle Dean Wardlow is the one who discovered
the document, where it should be, filed with the Office of Vital Statistics.
Though I am not a fan of Steve LaVere, and his tactics and money making
schemes, I do not think he had anything to do with it. I think maybe RJ died,
or disappeared, and when people came looking for him (John Hammond?) the
document was created. I think he did die over a three day period. But
Strychnine doses fatal enough to kill you would kill you in hours. Administered
in small does would kill you in weeks, or months. So how did he die in three
days? That's why I think it might be a compounded medical issue. I think Carrie
Harris is indeed RJ's half sister. But the document shows her requesting a copy
of the document less that a month from his death from Memphis. How did she
receive word so fast that he had died hundreds of miles away? And even then,
why would she request the document at all? If she was told bey a trustworthy
source, or family that RJ was dead, why get a copy of the document? I seriously
doubt this was common practice amongst blacks in the south. And even then - how
did she end up with all the photos of RJ and such? Weird stuff!
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