Billie Holiday. But did Holiday win any awards in ... Holiday’s brave protest followed her all the way to her death bed in 1959. She had admitted herself to a hospital to get treatment for ...

Billie Holiday passed away on July 17 ... described Holiday’s death this way: “[I]n the bed in which she had been arrested for illegal possession of narcotics a little more than a month ...

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence ...

July 17 marks the anniversary of death of the incomparable singer, Ms. Billie Holiday. Few vocalists before or since have been able to spin such emotional depth through such a lovely yet fragile ...

On Oct. 5, 1958, Billie Holiday took the stage at the ... During a career that began in the early 1930s and lasted until her death at 44 in 1959, Holiday honed a look that counteracted the ...

It’s also the year of Holiday’s death at age 44, after years of alcohol and drug addiction. “Singing is living to me,” Billie says. In this concert-style play by Lanie Robertson ...

(The Conversation) — Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan ... “Black ministers preached about Jesus’ death more than any other theme because they ...

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York ... According to theologian James Cone, “Black ministers preached about Jesus’ death more than any ...