| LC control no. | n 81082528 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.H65 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Horne, Lena |
| Variant(s) | Jones, Lena Horne Hayton, Lena Horne |
| Birth date | 1917-06-30 |
| Death date | 2010-05-09 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. |
| Place of death | New York City, N.Y. |
| Profession or occupation | Actresses Singers Civil rights workers |
| Found in | Her In person, Lena Horne, 1950. Haskins, J. Lena Horne, c1983 (subj.) CIP galley (b. Lena Calhoun Horne) Cont. musicians, v. 11 (Horne, Lena; b. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, NY; married to Louis Jones, 1937-44, to Leonard George (Lennie) Hayton, 1947-71; singer, actress, activist) New York times WWW site, May 10, 2010 (in obituary published May 9: Lena Horne; b. Lena Calhoun Horne, June 30, 1917, Brooklyn; d. Sunday night [May 9, 2010], New York, aged 92; first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio; went on to achieve international fame as a singer) |
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