Jazz icon Cassandra Wilson passes away at 70
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Cassandra Wilson, a two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer whose genre-blending voice spanned blues-based jazz, folk, pop and R&B, died at 70 in her native Jackson, Mississippi. Named Time's America’s Best Singer in 2001, she won Grammys for New Moon Daughter (1997) and Loverly (2009) and was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2022; tributes from peers highlighted her Mississippi roots and boundary-breaking artistry. Her 2015 album Coming Forth by Day paid homage to Billie Holiday.
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