Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan is prematurely dead of cigarette smoking, hard on the heels of Lucille Ball and Ava Gardner. My sadness at the Divine One’s passing is tinged with anger that a singer blessed with such a magnificent voice could destroy it--and herself--with nicotine addiction.
MARVIN H. LEAF
Rancho Mirage
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