| LC control no. | n 93053561 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hopkins, Linda, 1924-2017 |
| Variant(s) | Mathews, Linda, 1924-2017 Matthews, Helen Melinda, 1924-2017 Mathews, Melinda Helen, 1924-2017 Matthews, Melinda Helen, 1924-2017 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1924-12-14 |
| Death date | 2017-04-10 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans (La.) |
| Place of death | Milwaukee (Wis.) |
| Field of activity | Performing arts |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Actors |
| Found in | Black and blue [SR] p1990: container insert (Linda Hopkins) Mapp, E. Dir. of Blacks in the perf. arts, 2nd ed. (Hopkins, Linda (Linda Mathews); b. Dec. 14, 1925, New Orleans, LA; singer) Grove music online, Apr. 18, 2012: Jazz (Hopkins, Linda (Matthews, Helen Melinda); b. Nov. 9, 1925, New Orleans; American singer) Masterworks Broadway, WWW site, Apr. 18, 2012 (Linda Hopkins; b. Helen Melinda Matthews, Dec. 14, 1924, New Orleans; African-American blues and gospel singer who has also had considerable success as an actress on stage and screen) Linda Hopkins, WWW site, Apr. 18, 2012 (Linda Hopkins; b. Dec. 14, 1924, New Orleans; date of birth sometimes given as Sept. 11, 1925, but Hopkins "declared this non valid") <http://www.global-mojo.com/specialsite/hopkins/> Black Cat Rockabilly Europe WWW site, Apr. 18, 2012 (Linda Hopkins; b. Melinda Helen Mathews, Dec. 14, 1924, New Orleans, La.; singer and stage performer; has recorded traditional and urban blues, soul, jazz, gospel, show tunes, and classical music) New York times WWW site, viewed Apr. 12, 2017 (in obituary published Apr. 11: Linda Hopkins; b. Melinda Helen Matthews, Dec. 14, 1924, New Orleans; known as Helen; teenage vocalist Little Esther Phillips came up with the stage name Linda Hopkins; d. Monday [Apr. 10, 2017], Milwaukee, aged 92; her soaring, gospel-rooted voice was heard on Broadway in the 1970s in Inner city and the one-woman show Me and Bessie, and in the 1980s in the long-running revue Black and blue) |
| Associated language | eng |
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