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John W. Cooper
1873–1966
United States
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John Walcott Cooper Jr. (February 17, 1873 – April 1966) was an African-American ventriloquist and singer with the Southern Jubilee Singers. He was known as the "Black Napoleon of Ventriloquism" and also performed under the pseudonym Hezekiah Jones.
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