Editing Charlie Christian (section)

==Personal life==
Charles fathered a daughter, Billie Jean Christian (December 23, 1932 – July 19, 2004) by Margretta Lorraine Downey of Oklahoma City.<ref name="goins" />

In the late 1930s Christian contracted [[tuberculosis]],<ref>Goins, Wayne; McKinney, Craig. ''A Biography of Charlie Christian, Jazz Guitar's King of Swing'' (2005), p. 344.</ref> and in early 1940 he was hospitalized for a short period in which the Goodman group was on hiatus because of Goodman's back trouble. Goodman was hospitalized in the summer of 1940 after a brief stay at [[Santa Catalina Island, California]], where the band stayed when they were on the West Coast.<ref name="ReferenceB" />

[[File:--GatesHillChristian--.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Probable grave site for Christian at Gates Hill Cemetery, [[Bonham, Texas]]]]

Christian returned home to [[Oklahoma City]] in late July 1940 and returned to New York City in September 1940. In early 1941, Christian resumed his hectic lifestyle, heading to [[Harlem]] for late-night jam sessions after finishing gigs with the Goodman Sextet and Orchestra in New York City. In June 1941 he was admitted to [[Seaview Hospital]], a tuberculosis [[sanatorium]] on [[Staten Island]] in New York City. He was reported to be making progress, and ''[[DownBeat]]'' magazine reported in February 1942 that he and [[Cootie Williams]] were starting a band.<ref>Goins, Wayne; McKinney, Craig. ''A Biography of Charlie Christian, Jazz Guitar's King of Swing'', p. 327.</ref>