Andrew Stroud, a former New York City police detective and former manager of singer Nina Simone, has died. Joyce Stroud, Stroud’s niece, said he died in his sleep on Saturday in the Bronx. In December 1961, Simone married Andrew Stroud, a New York police detective. Stroud quickly became her manager and the father of her daughter Lisa, but he later psychologically and physically abused Simone. Stroud’s fourth marriage and Simone’s second.
Who is Nina Simone husband Andy Stroud?
Simone left her daughter Lisa in Mount Vernon when she relocated. Lisa eventually reunited with Simone in Liberia, but her mother was physically and mentally abusive, according to Lisa. Lisa became suicidal as a result of the abuse and returned to New York to live with her father, Andrew Stroud.
Stroud resigned from the police force to manage Simone’s career, as well as write and produce some of her songs. In the early 1970s, the couple officially divorced. Simone died in France in 2003. Stroud’s fifth wife, two sons, ten grandchildren, and one great-grandchild also survive him.
