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| From | "Harris, Will" <wharris1@bcharrispub.com> |
| Subject | Sad news, indeed... |
| Date | Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:34:11 -0400 |
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Jazz Great Nina Simone Dies at 70
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
NEW YORK - Nina Simone (news), the jazz great whose rapsy, forceful voice
helped define the civil rights movement, died Monday at her home in France,
according to her U.S. booking agent. She was 70.
Though she remained a top concert draw in her later years, she was quite
frail.
Eric Hanson, an agent with her U.S. booking agency Ted Kurland Associates,
confirmed the death to The Associated Press.
At a 2001 concert at Carnegie Hall, she had to be helped to the stage, and
was later seen sitting backstage in a wheelchair.
Simone spent much of her recent time in France.
She was survived by a daughter, Lisa, according to her personal manager,
Clifton Henderson.
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