Thomas Blige happens to be the father of music star Mary J. Blige. Although he is the father of a famous star, he is also a star.

He was one of the finest jazz musicians in his heyday and in this article we look at his life story, including his knife attack.

Who is Mary J. Blige?

Mary Jane Blige, better known as Mary J. Blige, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Blige, nicknamed the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul”, has received nine Grammy Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Awards and ten Billboard Music Awards.

She has three Golden Globe nominations and two Academy Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in Mudbound (2017) and another for the film’s original song “Mighty River”. She was the first person to be nominated for both acting and songwriting in the same year, an enviable achievement.

She was born on January 11, 1971, at Fordham Hospital in the Bronx, New York.

She was born to nurse Cora Blige and jazz musician Thomas Blige. She is the youngest of four children. Her older sister is LaTonya Blige-DaCosta and she has a younger half-brother, Bruce Miller, and a younger half-sister, Jonquell.

She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where she sang in a Pentecostal church. His family later returned to New York and lived in the Schlobohm housing projects in Yonkers.

After her father left the family in the 1970s, the family depended on her mother’s income as a nurse.

His father was a Vietnam War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and a drinking problem.

Is Thomas Blige married?

Thomas Blige was married once. He was married to Cora Blige, but left her in the mid-1970s. This allowed the family to live off Cora’s salary, who was working in health care at the time, until the Things are looking good again for the family after Mary J. Blige’s fame.

Children of Thomas Blige

Thomas Blige is known to have four children. Two biological children, Mary and LaTonya Blige-DaCosta, and two adopted children, Bruce Miller and Jonquell.

What happened to Thomas Blige (knife incident)

In 2014, Thomas Blige was hospitalized while fighting for his life. He was stabbed in the neck and was in critical condition in a Michigan hospital.

Cheryl Ann White, 50, was arrested at the scene and lives in the same apartment complex as Thomas Blige. She was being held in the Calhoun County Jail on charges of assault with intent to kill.

The incident appears to be a domestic dispute, according to police, who identified the suspect as Thomas Blige’s former girlfriend. Friends and neighbors told NBC station WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids that Thomas Blige and White argued frequently.

Police say Blige confronted her attacker after noticing him cutting the tires on her SUV. According to police, “during the confrontation, the woman stabbed the victim in the neck.”

After the incident, Thomas Blige’s roommate recounted what happened and said in his statement:

“Thomas heard whistling noises coming from outside, where air was escaping from his tires.

He came back and shouted for me. When I entered, I found Blige on the kitchen floor, bleeding profusely from the stab wounds to his neck, side and arm.

I had to grab towels and cover the wounds as best I could until help arrived. »

Is Thomas Blige dead or alive?

Thomas Blige did not die even after the stabbing that almost cost him his life.