Johnny Mercer & Ginger Mehan

1930 - 1976
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Johnny Mercer and Ginger Mehan were married for 44 years before Johnny Mercer died, leaving behind his partner and 2 children.

They had 2 children, Amanda (84) and John Jefferson (76).

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American Songwriter Johnny Mercer was born John Herndon Mercer on 18th November, 1909 in Savannah, GA and passed away on 25th Jun 1976 Bel Air, CA, USA aged 66. He is most remembered for Accentuate the Positive. His zodiac sign is Scorpio.

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Relationship Statistics

StatusDurationLength
Dating1930 - 8th Jun 1931 1 year, 5 months
Married8th Jun 1931 - Jun 1976 45 years
Total 1930 - Jun 1976 46 years, 5 months


(8 June 1931 - 25 June 1976) (his death) 2 children
adopted Norma Claire Barnes in April, 1940 and renamed her Amanda "Mandy" Mercer. She had been born May 12, 1939. Paul Whiteman's wife arranged the adoption.
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John Jefferson "Jeff" Mercer in 1947. He was born April 5, 1947.
Mercer met his future wife at the show, chorus girl Ginger Meehan. Meehan had earlier been one of the many chorus girls pursued by the young crooner Bing Crosby. Through Miller’s father, an executive at the famous publisher T. B. Harms, Mercer's first song was published. It was recorded by Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers. The 20-year-old Mercer began to hang out with other songwriters and to learn the trade. He traveled to California to undertake a lyric writing assignment for the musical Paris in the Spring and met his idols Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. Mercer found the experience sobering and realized that he much preferred free-standing lyric writing to writing on demand for musicals. Upon his return, he got a job as staff lyricist for Miller Music for a $25 dollar-a-week draw which give him a base income and enough prospects to win over and marry Ginger in 1931. The new Mrs. Mercer quit the chorus line and became a seamstress, and to save money the newlyweds moved in with Ginger’s mother in Brooklyn. Johnny did not inform his own parents of his marriage until after the fact, perhaps in part because he knew that Ginger being Jewish would not sit comfortably with some members of his family, and he worried they would try to talk him out of marrying her.

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Relationship Timeline

June, 1976 - Breakup

5th April, 1947 - Child

12th May, 1939 - Child

8th June, 1931 - Marriage

1930 - Hookup

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Children

NameGenderBornAge
AmandaFemale12th May, 193984 years old
John JeffersonMale5th April, 194776 years old

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