Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material.
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Anna Marie Wooldridge 6 August 1930 Chicago Illinois USA
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Died |
14 August 2010 (aged 80) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Zodiac | Leo |
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