Lester Davenport

1932–2009 (age 77)

blues harmonica player

About Lester Davenport

Lester Davenport (1932–2009) lived to age 77. They were a blues harmonica player. They died in Chicago. They are buried at Burr Oak Cemetery in Illinois.

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