RIP Lena Horne

Cyia · May 10, 2010

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/05/10/lena-horne-dies/

Lena Horne, the ground-breaking singer, actress and civil rights activist who, in 1942, became the first African-American performer to be put under contract by a major studio, died on Sunday, May 9, at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She was 92.

Jcomp · May 10, 2010

Damn, I didn't realize she was 92. RIP Madame Horne.

CACTUSWENDY · May 10, 2010

Neither did I. RIP and thanks for the share of talent.

Miss Plum · May 12, 2010

My mother saw her back in the 1940s. Had no idea where her gangster boyfriend was taking her, and found herself in a small little jewelbox of a nightclub where the most gorgeous Black woman in the world was singing like an angel, accompanied by piano only, of course with no mic.

RIP

Gravity · May 12, 2010

Aw, man, no... I always loved Lena Horne. Very classy lady, and that voice...

Lavern08 · May 13, 2010

Miss Plum said:
My mother saw her back in the 1940s. Had no idea where her gangster boyfriend was taking her, and found herself in a small little jewelbox of a nightclub where the most gorgeous Black woman in the world was singing like an angel, accompanied by piano only, of course with no mic.

RIP

What a great story - Waaaaaay up on the cool register!

RIP Lena Horne

Cyia

Rewriting My Destiny

Jcomp

CACTUSWENDY

An old, sappy, and happy one.

Miss Plum

Gravity

Seen 'em come, seen 'em go

Lavern08

Sit Down, and Shut Up!