SIMON: Billie Holiday was just 44 years old when her heart and liver failed after years of drug and alcohol use. Thousands of people went to her funeral. A few years ago, we sent NPR's Elizabeth Blair ...
A moment now to remember a woman with a truly remarkable voice, who died in a New York hospital on July 17, 1959. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GOD BLESS THE CHILD") BILLIE HOLIDAY: (Singing) But God bless the ...
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