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Facts

Also Known As Ella Jane Fitzgerald • First Lady of Song
Born April 25, 1917 • Newport News • Virginia
Died June 15, 1996 (aged 79) • Beverly Hills • California
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1990) • National Medal of Arts (1987) • Grammy Award (1983) • Grammy Award (1981) • Grammy Award (1980) • Kennedy Center Honors (1979) • Grammy Award (1979) • Grammy Award (1976) • Grammy Award (1962) • Grammy Award (1960) • Grammy Award (1959) • Grammy Award (1958)

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Ella Fitzgerald holds a microphone and sings on stage in a light blue dress with ornate beading at the Newport Jazz Festival.
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Ella Fitzgerald, 1978.
Carol Burnett and Ella Fitzgerald sitting close together, smiling and holding hands, on the set of The Carol Burnett Show in 1969.
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