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Aida Overton Walker

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Aida Overton Walker
Walker in 1907
Born(1880-02-14)February 14, 1880
DiedOctober 11, 1914(1914-10-11) (aged 34)
New York, NY
OccupationVaudeville

Aida Overton Walker (14 February 1880 – 11 October 1914), also billed as Ada Overton Walker and as "The Queen of the Cakewalk", was an African-American vaudeville performer and wife of George Walker. She appeared with her husband and his performing partner Bert Williams, and in groups such as Black Patti's Troubadours. She was also a solo dancer and choreographer for vaudeville shows such as Bob Cole, Joe Jordan, and J. Rosamond Johnson's The Red Moon (1908) and S. H. Dudley's His Honor the Barber (1911).

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