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Sunday, May 09, 2010

Goodbye Lena


June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010

From the NYT;
Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan.

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Anonymous Anonymous said:

A pioneer with class. Bless you Lena.

May 09, 2010 11:48 PM  

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