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Jazz legend Shirley Horn dies at 71
(AP) Horn died Thursday night in her native Washington, D.C., after a long illness, according to a statement released by Verve Records.
Horn was often compared to Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae, and considered one of the last great jazz vocalists of her era.
"I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste," she told The Associated Press in a 1991 interview.
Date: Oct 20 2005
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