Lena Mary Calhoun Horne

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Harlem Renaissance
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June 30, 1017, Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York, NY
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May 9, 2010 (age 91), New York, NY
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Lennie Hayton (m. 1947-1971) Louis Jordan Jones (m. 1937-1944)

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Tony Award (1981), Kennedy Center Honors (1984), Grammy Award (1981, 1996)
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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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