Nick Ashford(1942-2011)
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Nick Ashford was born on 4 May 1942 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Bodyguard (1992), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Crazy Rich Asians (2018). He was married to Valerie Simpson. He died on 22 August 2011 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Composer
Actor
Music Department
- Alternative names
- Nicholas Ashford
- Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Born
- Died
- August 22, 2011
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(throat cancer)
- Spouse
- Valerie SimpsonNovember 30, 1974 - August 22, 2011 (his death, 2 children)
- Other worksPart of the R&B duo, Ashford & Simpson. Their biggest hit was "Solid" in 1985.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaHe and his wife, Valerie Simpson, wrote Motown hits including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", originally recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and later by Diana Ross.
- Quotes[on his arrival in New York in 1964]: One of the guys in the park told me, he said, 'There's a place up in Harlem, where you can get something to eat at White Rock Baptist Church. I went up there and I got my things out of Port Authority. I put water on my jacket and on my suit, to get all the wrinkles out. They didn't know I was homeless when I was in the church, and I saw Valerie.
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