lena horne 1917-2010
13 May
I ignored the news for a few days, so I missed the announcement of Lena Horne’s death. What an amazing woman. She sings the kind of songs I love to sing around the house. The kind that inspire my children to ask me to stop singing.
Devon once said to me, “Too bad I don’t have three hands, so I can cover your hands from snapping and your mouth from singing.”
And that’s when I knew I had turned into my mother. Turning everything into a song and dance. Oh, well, Devon, it will be you singing in your kitchen one day. Sorry, it’s in your blood.
I bet Lena Horne’s kids didn’t ask her to stop singing. She had two children, author Gail Lumet Buckley, who wrote The Hornes: An American Family
Here’s a PBS recap of Horne’s long and productive life.
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