This Day in Black History: May 9, 2010
On May 9, 2010, Lena Horne died in New York City at age 92 of heart failure.
Groundbreaking singer, dancer and actress Lena Horne, 92, died of heart failure at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on May 9, 2010.
The legendary performer was the first African-American to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio when she joined MGM in 1942.
Throughout her career, Horne had small singing roles in a number of film musicals, including Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) and Broadway Rhythm (1944), and more substantial parts in Cabin in the Sky (1940) and Stormy Weather (1943)—both of which are considered the best film musicals with an African-American cast.
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Groundbreaking singer, dancer and actress Lena Horne, 92, died of heart failure at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on May 9, 2010.
The legendary performer was the first African-American to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio when she joined MGM in 1942.
Throughout her career, Horne had small singing roles in a number of film musicals, including Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) and Broadway Rhythm (1944), and more substantial parts in Cabin in the Sky (1940) and Stormy Weather (1943)—both of which are considered the best film musicals with an African-American cast.
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Groundbreaking, legendary American Icon