Singer Lena Horne dies at 92
Singer Lena Horne dies at 92 So-called "black" civil right's activist Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress who reviled the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, slowing her rise to Broadway superstardom, died Sunday. She was 92. (The Associated Press) Born on June 30, 1917, Lena Horne was considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. She came to the attention of Hollywood in 1942 and was the first "black" woman to sign a meaningful long-term contract with a major studio, a contract that said she would never have to play a maid. Horne died at the age of 92 on May 9 at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. (MGM) Horne was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn . [ 1 ] Reported to be descended from the John C. Calhoun family, both sides of her family were a mixture of African American , European , and Native American
