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Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70

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NEW YORK — Cassandra Wilson, a two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70.

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  1. WJTV Jackson

    Grammy-winning jazz artist Cassandra Wilson dies (opens WJTV Jackson)

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    JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Grammy-winning jazz artist Cassandra Wilson has died. “Jackson has lost an extraordinary native daughter, and the world has lost a singular musical voice. Cassandra Wilson carried the sound, spirit and history of Mississippi with her wherever her music reached," said Jackson …

  2. Rolling Stone

    Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-Winning Jazz Singer, Dead at 70 (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Vocalist blended jazz with pop music repertoire and was famous for putting refreshing, unusual spins on well-known songs

  3. MyNorthwest

    Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, has died (opens MyNorthwest)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz and w…

  4. WKBN Youngstown

    Cassandra Wilson, two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, has died (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70.

  5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  6. Variety

    Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-Winning Jazz Musician, Dies at 70 (opens Variety)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shared with WBGO that Wilson died early Wednesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi. A cause of death was not given.

  7. The Guardian

    Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz singer, dies aged 70 (opens The Guardian)

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    Mississippi-born Wilson, who worked across folk, pop, R&B and country, was once dubbed America’s best singer Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70.

  8. Deadline

    Cassandra Wilson Dies: Grammy-Winning Jazz Musician Was 70 (opens Deadline)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz musician, has died. She was 70. The singer-songwriter died Wednesday in her native Jackson, MS, where Hinds County coroner Jeramiah Howard confirmed her death to the New York Times. A cause of death was not immediately revealed. Born Dec.

  9. Mississippi Today

    Cassandra Wilson, Jackson native who earned international acclaim as a jazz singer, dies at 70 (opens Mississippi Today)

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    Cassandra Wilson performs at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., on Aug. 10, 2003.

  10. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, has died at 70 (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70.

  11. New York Post

    Two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dead at 70 (opens New York Post)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70.

  12. Independent Journal Review

    Grammy-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70 in Jackson (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the Jackson-born, two-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist celebrated for bending jazz boundaries across folk, pop, R&B and country, has died at age 70 in Jackson, Mississippi, with the death announced by her manager and authorities confirming the location but not yet revealing a caus…

  13. Phl17

    Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz artist, dies at 70 (opens Phl17)

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    Wilson first won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance with "New Moon Daughter," which she released in 1995.

  14. WKBN Youngstown

    Grammy-winning jazz artist dies at 70 (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    Wilson first won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance with "New Moon Daughter," which she released in 1995.

  15. FOX8 WGHP

    Grammy-winning Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dead at 70 (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    Wilson first won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance with "New Moon Daughter," which she released in 1995.

  16. UPI

    Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz singer, dies at 70 (opens UPI)

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    Cassandra Wilson, a Grammy-winning jazz singer known for the album "New Moon Daughter," died this week at age 70.

  17. Black Enterprise

    Cassandra Wilson, Mississippi’s Own Jazz Vocalist, Dies At 70 (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist, composer, and producer whose velvety contralto voice and genre-defying arrangements redefined modern American music, has died. She was 70 years old. Wilson passed...

  18. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Cassandra Wilson, the 2-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, dies at 70 (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Ms. Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice.

  19. Union Leader

    Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, dead at 70 (opens Union Leader)

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    Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning vocalist known for her deep roots in classic jazz and wide-ranging renditions from blues, folk and country, has died. She was 70.

  20. The Columbian

    Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70 (opens The Columbian)

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    NEW YORK — Cassandra Wilson, a two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70.

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