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| George Colovas b. 1935 |
George resided4 in 1935 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA, Ward
16, 12695 Ternes Avenue. He was counted in a census5 in 1940 at Ward 16, 12695 Ternes Avenue
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. He was issued SSN 376-32-27276 in 1951 at Michigan. He was cremated7 in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
January 29, 2007
OBIT
January 27, 2007. Age 71. Loving
husband and greatest life partner of Ilene Sue Haskin-Colovas.
Father of Shannon (Gary) Marks,
Tracey (Mark) Law, Jared (Jordan) Colovas and Barak Colovas.
Papou of Mesa, Barak, Dominic,
Matthew and Jeremy Pv2. Brother of William (Betty), Anthone (Athena-
Deceased) and Denny (JoAnne). Former
husband of Linda Martin Colovas. Owner of Metro Detroit's
famous "Jamie's Nightclubs"
Private Funeral Services were held by Howe-Peterson Funeral Home, 313
561-1500.
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Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News
Detroit area musician, bar owner dies
Musician and bar owner George
Colovas, better known as Jamie Coe, died about 3 a.m. today on
Newburgh Road in Livonia following a
performance at his Garden City
nightclub.
Colovas, 71, performed three times a
week at his Jamie's Club, said his business partner Dennis
Gibson. Colovas was in Livonia about
4 a.m. Saturday and on his way to his home
on the Plymouth/
Northville border when he suffered a
suspected heart attack and his car swerved onto a lawn on
Newburgh Road, Gibson said.
Livonia Police said preliminary
reports indicate that Colovas suffered a heart attack.
Colovas' wife was following him home
at the time, Gibson said.
"She saw the car swerve and run
off the road and onto a lawn," he said.
Colovas was never a superstar, but
still had a big following. His song "The Fool" was a hit in the early
1960s and he appeared on
American Bandstand several times. At one
point, Bobby Darin signed
Colovas, who had performed as Jamie
Coe and the Gigolos, to a management deal.
Colovas owned Jamie's on Ford road in
Garden City.
Survivors include his wife and a son.
(note - this part of the New report is not correct)
Funeral arrangements are pending.
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
BY KORIE WILKINS
Longtime singer, club owner dies
January 27, 2007
To his family, he was always George
Colovas. But to rock music lovers, he was Jamie Coe.
Mr. Colovas, 71, of Plymouth, died
Saturday morning in Livonia after he had a heart attack while driving
home from his nightclub, Jamie’s,
in Garden City, said his brother, Tony
Colovas. He had performed
earlier that night but wasn’t feeling
well, family members said.
Livonia police officials declined to
comment Saturday.
“He was a great, great man,” said Sue
Colovas, his wife.
According to Tony Colovas, of Parma,
Ohio, Mr. Colovas loved to sing and perform. Born and raised in
Highland Park, he was also an outstanding basketball player who played at
Wayne State University for
two years.
He never graduated, though, Tony
Colovas said. “He went into music instead,” he said.
Mr. Colovas sang with a few bands in
the Detroit area, catching the eye of Bobby Darin in the late
1950s. Darin signed Mr. Colovas to
his record label and renamed him Jamie
Coe. Coe also got a band,
the Gigolos.
“After that, his career blossomed,”
Tony Colovas said.
Mr. Colovas appeared a few times on
Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and had a couple of hits.
A fixture on Detroit’s budding rock
scene in the early 1960s, Jamie Coe & the Gigolos were a sharp-
dressed band with a tightly
choreographed show. Performing at area
teen clubs and nightspots such as
Dearborn’s Club Gay Haven, Coe and
his band played their own regional hits like
“The Fool” and “Black
& Blue” among slick cover
versions of rock ’n’ roll standards.
David Les, 55, of Lake Orion, played
bass with the Gigolos in the 1970s. He said Mr. Colovas didn’t
have a mean bone in his body and had
a great voice.
“He had a passion for music,” Les
said. “We had a pretty large following at the time and George loved it.
He loved what he did.”
In addition to his musical and
athletic talent, Tony Colovas said his brother was a giving family man who
didn’t hesitate to help out strangers who were down on their luck.
Mr. Colovas is survived by his wife,
four children and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are still
pending, but family members say
they expect services to be private.
Copyright © 2006 Detroit Free Press
Inc.
George married (1) Lynda Gail
Martin daughter of Harlan Isaac Martin
and Inez Edna Thiell on 28 Dec 1957. The marriage ended in divorce.Lynda was
born on 28 Jun 1938 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
George married (2) Ilene Susan
Haskin .
Appendix A - Sources
1. Anthone
Colovas, Anthone Colovas - Personal Recollections (Anthone C. Colovas
<acolovas@stratos.net>).
2. Compiled
by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/), Find A Grave, PO
Box 522107, Salt Lake City, UT 84152-2107.
3. Compiled
by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave .
4. Compiled
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1940 United States
Federal Census (Compiled by: Family
History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), 25 Aug 2012, Family
History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT
84150-3440.""United States Census, 1940," index and images,
FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KH9T-M2L : accessed 25 Aug
2012), George Kolovas in household of Gust Kolovas, Ward 16, Detroit, Detroit
City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1007,
sheet 9A, family 201, NARA digital publication T627, roll 1870."
5. Compiled
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1940 United States
Federal Census , 25 Aug 2012.""United States Census, 1940,"
index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KH9T-M2L
: accessed 25 Aug 2012), George Kolovas in household of Gust Kolovas, Ward 16,
Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration
district (ED) 84-1007, sheet 9A, family 201, NARA digital publication T627,
roll 1870."
6. Compiled
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, U.S. Social Security
Death Index (Compiled by: Family
History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), Family History
Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.
7. Compiled
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, U.S. Social Security
Death Index .
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