Thousands mourn jazz singer Lena Horne in NYC
Associated Press: NEW YORK – Thousands of mourners are bidding a final farewell to jazz singer and actress Lena Horne in New York City. Horne was remembered at her funeral Friday as a…
Lena Horne, Singer and Actress, Dies at 92
Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on…
Blacks in History – Lena Horne
Lena Horne (Lena Calhoun Horne) (born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.) American singer and actress who first came to fame in the 1940s. Horne left school at age 16 to help support…
