Robert Lee (Maupin) Beck (1918 - 1992)

Born 4 Aug 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Apr 1992 at age 73 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Robert (Maupin) Beck is Notable.

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From The New Yorker:

“Robert Moppins, Jr., was born in Chicago to Mary Brown and Robert Moppins in 1918.” ^[1][2]

The 1940 Census shows Robert Moppins at age 21 in Milwaukee, in a lodging house.^[3]

His WWII Draft Card as Robert Lee Maupin gives his address still in Milwaukee, and shows his exact birth date and place.^[4]

He passed away on 28 Apr 1992 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.^[5] and was laid to rest in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. (Plot: Dawn of Tomorrow, Crypt #2626) ^[2]

From Wikipedia:

"better known as Iceberg Slim... an American pimp who subsequently became an influential author... In 1961, Maupin moved to Los Angeles and changed his name to Robert Beck, taking the last name of the man his mother was married to at the time."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-fires-that-forged-iceberg-slim#
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #11488 page for Robert Maupin “Iceberg Slim” Beck (4 Aug 1918–28 Apr 1992), citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA; accessed 1 February 2021; Maintained by Find A Grave.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7KL-WZC : 9 February 2020), Robert Moppins in household of William Gibbons, Ward 6, Milwaukee, Milwaukee City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72-144, sheet 11B, line 77, family 270, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4546.
4. ↑ The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Wisconsin, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 460; Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGT5-B1H : 26 November 2014), Robert Maupin Beck, 30 Apr 1992; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
6. ↑ Wikipedia: Iceberg Slim