American opera singer Jessye Norman died on Tuesday at the age of 74, her family...
FILE PHOTO: Opera singer Jessye Norman sings"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" at a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Norman died in a New York hospital of septic shock and multiple organ failure related to complications from a spinal cord injury four years ago, the family said in a statement. As one of the most popular opera singers of the 1980s and 1990s, she sang at the presidential inaugurations of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, as well as the 60th birthday celebrations of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth.
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