Which of these was a nickname of jazz musician Charlie Parker?

The official causes of death were lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, but Parker also had an advanced case of cirrhosis and had suffered a heart attack. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age.[32]

nimblemoon, in order to eat while on the road, Bird and his band mates would steal chickens, yard birds, the name stuck.

nimblemoon, in those days the nickname yardbird often denoted someone who had been in prison... but there is another story about Charlie Parker ... "Jazz pianist Jay McShann backs up the story in an interview in 1999: Charlie [Parker] yelled, 'Back up. You hit a yardbird!' He got out of the car and got it and carried the chicken on into Lincoln. He had it cooked and ate it all in one sitting."

Great, but WHY was he called that?

3/5BlackKnight thank you for the insight and interesting back information about Parker. My dad tried to introduce me to the genius of this ICON but alas I was swept up by Motown

Should also be mentioned his penchant for fried chicken which only served to underscore his remarkable nickname.

3/5 Black Knight, thank you very much.