R.I.P. Legendary Actress Lena Horne

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Last Updated on Monday, 10 May 2010 10:01
Written by Sha'Linda Jeanine
Monday, 10 May 2010 10:01

Lena 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 hospital in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan.

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g jackson | Monday, 10 May 2010 at 12:51 pm
LENA Horne was the great women i have read about .SHE was afraid to speak her mind about the injustice in Hollywood , I admired her strength as a black women she speak her mind , as a black women growing up in the South Carolina i use to her the old black talk about Lena Horne i use to get so excited . We have lost a legend, but her sprite and strength continue to live on thought her music.

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