Abbey Lincoln

American singer

Died when: 80 years 8 days (960 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress.She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s.

Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material.

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