3 articles from The Guardian World, Los Angeles Times, Variety.
Cassandra Wilson, a two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, died at age 70 in Jackson, Mississippi, early Wednesday morning. The Mississippi-born musician worked across folk, pop, R&B and country music and was dubbed America's best singer by Time magazine in 2001. A cause of death was not given. Local officials mourned her as an extraordinary native daughter and singular musical voice.
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Mississippi-born Wilson, who worked across folk, pop, R&B and country, was once dubbed America’s best singer Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001,…
John Horhn, mayor of Jackson, Miss., said of Wilson that "Jackson has lost an extraordinary native daughter, and the world has lost a singular musical voice."
Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shared with WBGO that Wilson died early Wednesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi. A cause of death was not given. “It is with profound sadness…
