Shirley Verrett

American opera singer, educator and writer.

Born May 31st, 1931 in New Orleans. [ref]

Died November 5th, 2010 at 79 years old in Ann Arbor (disease). [ref]

Occupations
music teacher, opera singer, singer
Wikipedia

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