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Fats Domino passed away on October 24, 2017, four months away from what would have been his 90th birthday on February 26, 2018.

On September 1, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina was approaching New Orleans, he decided to stay at his home and was missed for days. He was later rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter.

He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C. (1998).

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), the American Songwriters Hall of Fame (1998), the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (2007), and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame (2016).

In 1957, his brother-in-law approached him with a song he had written that he thought would be perfect for Fats. However, Domino turned down the song. The song was "You Talk Too Much" and was later recorded by Joe Jones, reaching #3 on the Billboard charts.

Had numerous hit songs between 1952 and 1960, including "Ain't That a Shame", "Blueberry Hill" and "I'm Walkin'".

Although never really in the mainstream of early rock and roll, he was one of the most influential singers in rock. He was one of the biggest stars of rock and roll in the 1950s and one of the first rhythm and blues artists to gain popularity with white audiences.

He did not get his famous moniker as a result of his first hit, "The Fat Man" (1949) (which sold more than a million copies). In fact, that event took place when he was ten years old playing honky-tonk piano at the Hideaway Bar, where the resident bandleader Bill Diamond gave him the nickname.

Fats Domino was born on February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as Antoine Domino Jr. He was married to Rosemary Hall.

He was voted the 25th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.