American opera singer (1923-2011).
Born January 8th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died May 30th, 2011 at 88 years old in Bloomington (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel