Sam Thompson - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

Thompson died on November 7, 1922, and is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.

Thompson's great-great-grandson is mandolin master Chris Thile, who wrote a reel entitled "Big Sam Thompson" which is on his solo album Not All Who Wander Are Lost.

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