Sugar Ray Robinson in 1989. In 2006 he was featured on a commemorative stamp by the United States Postal Service. Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. in Ailey, Georgia, to Walker Smith Sr. and Leila Hurst. Robinson was the youngest of three children; his eldest sister Marie was born in 1917 and his other sister Evelyn was born in 1919. His father was a cotton, peanut, and corn farmer in Georgia, who moved the family to Detroit where he initially found work in construction. According to Robinson, Smith Sr. later worked two jobs to support his family—cement mixer and sewer worker. "He had
Bernadette Robinson Award for Best Female Actor in a Play in 2012 for "Songs for Nobodies". Bernadette Robinson Bernadette Robinson is an Australian singer and actor. Robinson was born in Sydney and grew up in Melbourne where she attended the Victorian College of the Arts and was taught opera by Joan Hammond. She is best known for her ability to sing in the style of many well-known female singers. These skills were featured in the stage productions "Songs for Nobodies", directed by Simon Phillips, and "Pennsylvannia Avenue", both written for her by Joanna Murray-Smith. She appeared with her show "The Show Goes