QuoteLena 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.
Read the full NY Times story here: Lena Horne, Singer and Actress, Dies at 92 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/arts/music/10horne.html?scp=2&sq=lena%20horne&st=cse)
Here she is, looking half her age while performing her signature song(s) as a medley.
http://www.youtube.com/v/EMf0Z7EPdLo
I've looked up to this woman my entire life, and I'm going to go cry now. :'(
Very sad. Ms. Horne was an amazing performer who broke through so many barriers.