Betty Carter

American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter.

Born May 16th, 1930 in Flint. [ref]

Died September 26th, 1998 at 68 years old in Brooklyn (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Occupations
jazz singer, recording artist, singer-songwriter
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner