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Nancy Wilson, Grammy-Winning Jazz Singer, Dead at 81

R.I.P.

She made her debut with the 1961 single “Guess Who I Saw Today.”

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Three-time Grammy-winning jazz artist Nancy Wilson died peacefully on Thursday at the age of 81. The self-termed “song stylist” was at home at the time and had long suffered from a chronic illness, her manager Devra Hall Levy said.

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