Jelly Roll Morton was born on September 20, 1885 and died on July 10, 1941. Jelly Roll Morton would have been 55 years old at the time of death or 126 years old today.
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Jelly Roll Morton died in 1941. According to his tombstone, he died at age 51, while prominent biographers place his birth in 1885, and his death at age 55.