Grammy-winning jazz singer Nancy Wilson dies at 81
The Grammy-winning musician and song stylist passed away in her home in Pioneertown, California; her manager and publicist have confirmed.
Legendary jazz singer Nancy Wilson has passed away at the age of 81. The Grammy-winning musician and song stylist passed away in her home in Pioneertown, California. She was suffering from a longtime illness, her publicist and manager Devra Hall Levy told The Associated Press late on Thursday night.
Wilson won her first Grammy Award for the best rhythm and blues recording for the album 'How Glad I Am' in 1964. She went on to be featured as a "grand diva" of jazz in a 1992 edition of Essence. In the same year, she also received the Whitney Young Jr. Award from the Urban League.
