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Monday, May 10, 2010

Lena Horne, Jazz Singer Who Broke Color Barriers, Dies at 92


Lena Horne, the jazz singer who broke color barriers in Hollywood and fought for civil rights during a seven-decade career that took her from the Cotton Club in Harlem to Hollywood and the Broadway stage, has died. She was 92. She died Sunday 9 MAY 2010 at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center,

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Giulietta Simionato

Giulietta Simionato, an Italian mezzo-soprano whose instantly recognizable voice was wildly popular with audiences, died May 5, 2010 in Rome. She would have turned 100 on May 12.


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