Billie Holiday | Summary

Full Name:	Eleanor Fagan


Description:	Vocalist, US
Known For:	"Lady Sings the Blues" (1956)

Instruments:	Voice
Music Styles:	Jazz, Blues

Location:	United States of America

Web Site:	http://www.billieholiday.com/

Date Born:	7th April 1915
Location Born:	Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Date Died:	17th July 1959
Location Died:	New York City, New York, United States of America
Cause Of Death:	Cirrhosis of the liver
Memorial:	Billie Holiday died in the Metropolitan Hospital, New York

Summary:	Holidays personal life has been said to be turbulent, just as the songs that she sang. Drug use came into her life in the early 40's. P/E

Photo Comments:	The above image is believed to be in the public domain. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.