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- Birth nameCharles Leon Aurthello Bibb
- Leon Bibb was born on February 7, 1922 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Young One (1960), For Love of Ivy (1968) and Dead Wrong (1983). He was married to Marylyn Duncan. He died on October 23, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- SpouseMarylyn Duncan(1947 - 1967) (divorced)
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "A Hand is on the Gate."
- Canadian folk singer and civil rights activist.
- He was the father of the Helsinki, Finland-based acoustic blues singer/songwriter Eric Bibb.
- After several appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show he was banned from the Sullivan show in the mid-1960s because of his support of two prominent blacklisted artists, Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson, his role model and the godfather of his children. When the civil rights movement heated up, Bibb joined Seeger, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary and other folk singers at landmark protests, including the 1963 March on Washington. Two years later he joined the thousands of protesters who marched from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in support of blacks' voting rights and performed in Montgomery with Baez, Belafonte, Mary Travers and Oscar Brand.
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