Jimmie Rodgers died from tuberculosis in 1933.
James Frederick “Jimmie” Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) is not directly related to the earlier country singer Jimmie C. Rodgers (1897–1933), who died the same year the younger Rodgers was born.
He even cut a couple of songs about his battle with tuberculosis.
TB Blues (1931)
Whipping That Old TB (1932)