April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959
A revolutionary Jazz vocalist known to many as “Lady Day,” Billie Holiday had no equal. Her life was filled with hardship and drama from the beginning:
Underage prostitution? Check.
Drugs and alcohol? Check.
Abusive relationships? Check.
Married to a mafia enforcer? Check.
Arrested in a drug raid of her hospital room as she lay dying? Check.
She crammed a lot of life, both good and bad, into 44 brief years.
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