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She was taken to Metropolitan Hospital in NY. She was suffering from
lover and heart disease. She was arrested for drugs possession as
she laid. She was under police guard at the hospital until she
pasted away. She died from cirrhosis of liver on July 17, 1959. She
died
with $0.70 in the bank. |
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Lady Day |
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Billie Holiday |
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She was born Elinore Harris on April 7, 1915. She had a difficult childhood. She was
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She is an African JAZZ singer and
song writer. She was a seminal influence on
jazz and pop singing. She
changed the art of American pop vocals forever. In the 1930s she
started sing at nightclubs in Harlem, NY. She brought tears upon her
audience. |
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