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| Jazz legend Nancy Wilson dead at 81 |
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In this file photo Singer Nancy Wilson performs live onstage at the 17th Annual NEA Jazz Masters awards and concert January 12, 2007 in New York City. Nancy Wilson, an award-winning jazz singer died December 13, 2018 at her home in Pioneertown, California at the age of 81. Bryan Bedder / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
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WASHINGTON (AFP).- Nancy Wilson, a Grammy-winning singer who performed everything from jazz ballads to pop songs during a career spanning decades, has died at the age of 81.
She died Thursday in California after a long illness, her manager Devra Hall Levy told US news outlets.
Wilson's biggest hit was "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" in 1964. It earned her a Grammy award for best R&B recording.
She also won a Grammy in 2005 and 2007.
Wilson once said she knew from a very early age what she would do in life.
"I have always just sung. I have never questioned what it is. I thank God for it and I just do it," she NPR radio in 1994.
She said the musical influences in her life included Nat "King" Cole.
© Agence France-Presse
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