| Birth: | unknown | | Death: | Dec. 25, 1895 | 
American Folk Figure. He was killed by a man named Lee Shelton on Christmas Eve in 1895 at a saloon on 11th and Morgan (now Delmar) in St. Louis. Lyons and Shelton were actually friends but something caused an argument between them, causing an altercation which then resulted in Shelton's shooting of Lyons. This incident became immortalized in the song "Stagger Lee." (bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Search Amazon for William Lyons | | | Burial:
Saint Peters Cemetery
Normandy
St. Louis County
Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 5, Lot 289, unmarked [unmarked] |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 04, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 22583 |
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