| Birth: | Jan. 25, 1938
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA |
| Death: | Jan. 20, 2012
Riverside
Riverside County
California, USA |
Singer.
She was born Jamesetta Hawkins. Winner of six Grammy awards and the Grammy Lifetime achievement award.
She has two songs in the Grammy Hall of Fame, "At Last" and "The Wall Flower." In addition she was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Other awards include: Rockabilly Hall of Fame, R&B Founders Award, NAACP Image Award in 1990.
She died from complications of Leukemia. |
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Burial:
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Inglewood
Los Angeles County
California, USA
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