Overview
- Williams reportedly needed brain surgery after a recent fall and is now in hospice receiving round-the-clock nursing care according to his wife’s account to TMZ.
- The family says the injury sped up preexisting dementia and has left Williams unable to walk or talk, with one of his last reported conversations taking place with his daughter.
- Williams built a multi-decade career as a jazz and television bassist, including seven years as The Tonight Show house bassist and nearly six years with The Posse on The Arsenio Hall Show.
- He worked with major jazz figures and spent about 25 years with the Nancy Wilson Trio, and he released a late-career album titled The African Queen that pays tribute to Horace Silver.
- Reporting on his current condition is based mainly on family statements to a single entertainment outlet, and there is limited independent confirmation of medical details so the situation may evolve as more sources report.