Billie Holiday Dies Here at 44; Jazz Singer Had Wide Influence
Billie Holiday, famed jazz singer, died yesterday in Metropolitan Hospital. Her age was 44. The immediate cause of death was given as congestion of the lungs complicated by heart failure. Miss...
Billie Holiday (1915-1959) - Find a Grave Memorial
Billie essentially grew up alone, feeling unloved and gaining a lifelong inferiority complex that led to her taking great risks with her personal life and becoming self-destructive. Holiday's life improved after she was discovered by John Hammond singing in Harlem clubs.
Billie Holiday - Wikipedia
Billie Holiday died in Metropolitan Hospital, New York, on Friday, July 17, 1959, in the bed in which she had been arrested for illegal possession of narcotics a little more than a month before, as she lay mortally ill; in the room from which a police guard had been removed – by court order – only a few hours before her death.
Behind the Untimely Death and Legacy of Jazz Pioneer Billie Holiday
2022年7月17日 — Billie Holiday passed away on July 17, 1959, of pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by cirrhosis, or liver disease, in the Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The cirrhosis was brought on...
Remember & honor Billie Holiday’s unsung genius - New York Daily News
2024年2月25日 — Now, 65 years after her death, it’s time to restore Holiday’s legacy — unconditionally — as an indisputable creative genius and American icon. Holiday died in Room 6A12 in Harlem’s Metropolitan...
How did Billie Holiday die? Everything you need to know
2021年6月25日 — Billie Holiday died aged 44 due to complications brought by liver cirrhosis. Billie Holiday was born on 7th April 1915 to teenage couple Sadie Fagan and Clarence Halliday. Clarence abandoned the family to pursue a career in jazz, leaving Billie under the care of Sadie.
Billie Holiday death: How did Billie Holiday die? | Music ...
2021年4月7日 — Billie Holiday died on July 17, 1959, aged 44-years-old of heart failure caused by cirrhosis of the liver.
Billie Holiday's Obituary - York, PA | Ever Loved
Billie Holiday 44 years old was a famous black female singer born she was known as "Lady-day" she was born in Baltimore Maryland. Her real name is Eli…
Billie Holiday: A Singer Beyond Our Understanding - NPR
2015年4月7日 — In July 1959, she died in a New York hospital, under arrest on drug charges and cuffed to her hospital bed. The New York Times ran a short, un-bylined obituary on page 15. She was 44 and left an...
Billie Holiday – World Musician Obituaries
2023年7月17日 — Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed “Lady Day” by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing.