ADVERTISEMENT

Thomas Blige happens to be the father of music star, Mary J. Blige. Although he is the father of a well-known star, he is also a star.

He was one of the best jazz musicians during his peak days and in this article, we will be taking a look at his life story including his stabbing incident.

Who is Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige, popular known as Mary J. Blige, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Blige, dubbed the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,” has received nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Awards, and ten Billboard Music Awards.

She has three Golden Globe nominations and two Academy Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in Mudbound (2017) and another for the film’s original song “Mighty River.” She was the first person to be nominated for both acting and songwriting in the same year, an enviable feat.

ADVERTISEMENT

She was born on January 11, 1971, in Fordham Hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough.

She was born to Cora Blige, a nurse, and Thomas Blige, a jazz musician. She is the youngest of four children. LaTonya Blige-DaCosta is her elder sister, and she has a younger half-brother, Bruce Miller, and a younger half-sister, Jonquell.

She was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where she sang in a Pentecostal church. Her family later returned to New York and lived in the Schlobohm Housing Projects in Yonkers.

After her father abandoned the family in the 1970s, the family relied on her mother’s earnings as a nurse.

Her father was a Vietnam War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and an alcohol problem.

Is Thomas Blige Married?

Thomas Blige was once married. He was married to Cora Blige, however, he left her in the mid-1970s. This made the family survive on the salary of Cora, who was a health professional at that time until things started to look good for the family following Mary J. Blige’s fame.

ADVERTISEMENT

Children of Thomas Blige

Thomas Blige is on record to have four children. Two biological children, Mary and LaTonya Blige-DaCosta, and two adopted children, Bruce Miller, and Jonquell.

What happened to Thomas Blige (Stabbing incident)

In 2014, Thomas Blige got hospitalized as he battled for his life. He was stabbed in the neck and was in critical condition in a Michigan hospital.

Cheryl Ann White, 50, was arrested at the scene and lives in the same apartment complex as Thomas Blige. She was being held in the Calhoun County jail on charges of assault with intent to murder.

The incident appeared to be a domestic dispute, according to police, who identified the suspect as Thomas Blige’s former girlfriend. Friends and neighbors told Grand Rapids NBC station, WOOD-TV that Thomas Blige and White fought frequently.

According to police, Blige confronted his assailant after noticing her slashing the tires on his sport-utility vehicle. According to police, “during the course of the confrontation, the female stabbed the victim in the neck.”

After the incident, Thomas Blige’s roommate shared an account of what happened and in his submission, he said;

“Thomas heard some hissing sounds that he heard from outside, where the air was being let out of his tires.

He came back in and yelled for me. When I came inside, I found Blige on the kitchen floor, bleeding profusely from stab wounds to his throat, side, and arm.

I had to grab towels and cover the wounds the best I could until the rescue came.”

Is Thomas Blige dead or alive?

Thomas Blige is not dead even after the stabbing incident that almost took his life.

Source:

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT