Betty Jane Bassett

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Betty Jane Bassett (Gilbert)

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Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States
Death: June 22, 2014 (78)
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Leroy Gilbert and Emma Jean Gilbert
Ex-wife of Daniel Benjamin Bassett, Jr.
Mother of Angela Bassett and Private
Sister of Private; Private and Private

Occupation: Social worker
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Betty Jane Bassett

notes

From "FRIENDS: A Love Story" page 11-13:

Bassett's mother lived in New York City with her father's brother and his wife when she met Bassett's father.

Sources

  1. Obituary Published in the Tampa Bay Times on June 26, 2014
  2. "As Tina Turner, Wig to High Heels" ""Why?" Ms. Bassett said, in an interview the other day. "People keep asking me why Tina took it for so long? There are limits for her, for me, for everybody. One week was my mother's limit. It was her second husband. The man was nice and docile for four years of courtship. She got married to him on a Sunday. The following Saturday he raised his hand and fractured her nose. The next day the marriage was annulled. That was it. That's my example. ..."
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Betty Jane Bassett's Timeline

1935
August 3, 1935
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States
1958
August 16, 1958
Harlem, New York, New York County, New York, United States
2014
June 22, 2014
Age 78
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States