Marsha Hunt (singer and novelist)

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Marsha Hunt

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Marsha Hunt (born on October 15, 1946) is an African American singer and novelist.

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October 15 - 1946

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Hunt grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and studied at the University of California, Berkeley (at the time of the student riots) but in the late 1960s moved to Britain. She has lived in Ireland since 1995.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - University of California, Berkeley - 1960s - Britain - Ireland - 1995

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She is the mother of Mick Jagger's first child, Karis Jagger, who was born on November 3, 1970 in the UK. Marsha Hunt, no relation to the actress of the same name, at the time was a member of the cast in the London production of the musical Hair (playing "Dionne"), reportedly approached Jagger at a party and, rather bluntly, informed him that she wanted to have his baby. Jagger obliged her but would not enter into a long-term relationship with Hunt, who, consequently, had to bring up her daughter as a single mother (although she also wanted to make her way in show business). Jagger even denied being Karis's father and refused payments. A lengthy lawsuit followed, and a settlement making him support Hunt and their daughter was only reached in 1979.

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Mick Jagger - November 3 - 1970 - UK - London - Hair - Single mother - 1979

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Hunt was also professionally associated with musicians such as Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Elton John, and Marc Bolan.

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Alexis Korner - John Mayall - Elton John - Marc Bolan

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In her later years Hunt has taken to writing. After her 1986 autobiography, Real Life: The Story of a Survivor, she published her first novel, Joy, in 1990, and her second novel, Free, in 1992. In late 2004, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and had surgery to remove her right breast and her lymph nodes. She has written about it in a memoir, Undefeated, and has been the subject of a documentary Beating Breast Cancer on ITV broadcast 26 September 2005.

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1986 - Autobiography - Joy - 1990 - Free - 1992 - 2004 - Memoir - ITV - 26 September - 2005

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