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April 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda One of Australia’s greatest and most influential indigenous musicians has passed away peacefully, aged 75.
Jimmy Little died from complications of a longstanding medical condition at his home in Dubbo in New South Wales yesterday, surrounded by family.
James Oswald “Jimmy” Little was born on March 1, 1937 at the Cummeranunja Mission in New South Wales.
A proud elder of the Yorta Yorta people in central New South Wales, Little was credited as being the first aboriginal musician to experience mainstream popularity and chart success in white Australia.
Since breaking through to the mainstream music scene in the mid-1950s, Little produced a series of hits including Danny Boy, El Paso, One Road (penned by Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb), Baby Blue and his biggest track, Royal Telephone, which peaked at No.1 in Sydney and No.3 in Melbourne in 1963.
He also was an accomplished actor, with roles in theatre in productions like Black Cockatoos and a starring role in 1991 film Until The End Of The World.
His success was made even more significant by the fact that during the time when most of hits were released, Aboriginal people were not recongised as citizens of Australia.
By the end of his career, Little was considered a true legend of Australian music, inducted in the Tamworth Country Music Roll on Renown, ARIA Hall Of Fame and took out several Deadly Awards.
He also received the NAIDOC Aboriginal of the Year in 1989 for his teaching and community work, as well as being awarded an honorary doctorate from Sydney University for his contribution to aboriginal culture.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours of 2004 and also named a National Living Treasure.
Little married his late wife Majory Rose Peters in 1956.
She passed away in July last year, leaving several children, including Frances Peters-Little, known as a documentary filmmaker, author and aboriginal rights activist.
After being struck by kidney failure, he founded the Jimmy Little Foundation to bring healthier futures to indigenous Australians.
A statement released by his family praised Little for his ongoing contribution to music and his generosity of spirit.
“Jimmy continued to improve the health conditions of Indigenous Australians living in rural and remote Australia through the Jimmy Little Foundation,” the statement read.
“Although he formally retired from the music industry in 2011 Jimmy’s love for music never wavered, even taking up piano lessons at the age of 75 years old.”
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