Editing Louis Armstrong (section)

===Health problems===
The trumpet is notoriously hard on the [[lips]], and Armstrong suffered from lip damage over most of his life. This was due to Armstrong's aggressive playing style and preference for narrow mouthpieces that would stay in place more easily but tended to dig into the soft flesh of his inner lip. During his 1930s European tour, Armstrong suffered an ulceration so severe that he had to stop playing entirely for a year. Eventually, Armstrong took to using salves and creams on his lips and also cutting off scar tissue with a razor blade. By the 1950s, Armstrong was an official spokesman for Ansatz-Creme Lip Salve.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/nyregion/louis-armstrongs-lip-balm.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831214922/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/nyregion/louis-armstrongs-lip-balm.html |archive-date=August 31, 2016 |title=Louis Armstrong's Lip Balm |first=Bill |last=Schulz |date=August 26, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

During a backstage meeting with trombonist Marshall Brown in 1959, Armstrong was advised to see a doctor and receive proper treatment for his lips instead of relying on home remedies. However, Armstrong did not get around to that until his final years, by which point his health was failing, and the doctors considered surgery too risky.<ref>"Louis Armstrong: An American Genius", [[James Lincoln Collier|James L. Collier]], 231 pp.</ref>

In 1959, Armstrong was hospitalized for [[pneumonia]] while on tour in Italy. Doctors were concerned about his lungs and heart, but by the end of June, Armstrong rallied on.<ref>"Satchmo Rallies, Jokes" [[The Ottawa Citizen]], June 26, 1959, p. 1</ref>