Singer, actress and activist Lena Horne died last week at the age of 92. She was one of the first African Americans to cross over the music business colour divide and in the 1040s became the highest paid African American actress. She battled segregation and McCarthyism and became a civil right activist in the 1960s
Find out more by reading her obituary at the Guardian web site
Watch her perform her theme song Stormy weather on YouTube.
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