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Jazz singer and composer Abbey Lincoln, who was known for her distinctive vocal delivery, died yesterday in New York, The Associated Press reported. She was 80 years old.
Her passing was confirmed by her friend Carol Friedman, who is producing a documentary on Lincoln’s life. The singer was reported to be in declining health for a year.
In a profile of Abbey Lincoln in All About Jazz, writer R.J. DeLuke described her as “one of the last of the great singers of her generation.” He added: “Lincoln is in a sense a blithe spirit, and yet concerned about the world around her. She sees the problems in society and in the world of art and music, yet avoids complaining or blaming. Like her idol, Billie Holliday, she tells it like it is.”
Lincoln’s career has spanned six decades beginning with her debut recording "Abbey Lincoln’s Affair: A Story of a Girl in Love" in 1955, according to her bio on the Verve Records Web site. In addition to singing, Lincoln has also appeared in films in the 1960s such as Nothing But a Man and “For the Love of Ivy, which starred Sidney Poitier. (She was also featured in the 1956 film” The Girl Can’t Help It” wearing the dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in "Gentleman Prefer Blondes").
The singer was born Anna Marie Wooldridge in 1930 in Chicago, one of 12 children in the family, and sang when she was very young. She later performed in nightclubs in Los Angeles. A manager gave her the name “Abbey Lincoln.”
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