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Also Known As Eunice Waymon
Born February 21, 1933 • North Carolina
Died April 21, 2003 (aged 70) • France
Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2018)

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Nina Simone wearing a patterned blue and red headscarf and matching dress, singing into a microphone while seated at a piano in 1966.
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