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Gordon, Lorraine

LC control no.n 2006050763
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingGordon, Lorraine
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Variant(s)Stein, Lorraine
Lion, Lorraine
Birth date1922-10-15
Death date2018-06-09
Place of birthNewark (N.J.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz
AffiliationVillage Vanguard (Nightclub)
Found inGordon, Lorraine. Alive at the Village Vanguard, c2006: ECIP t.p. (Lorraine Gordon) data view (current proprietor of the Village Vanguard)
New York times WWW site, viewed June 11, 2018 (in obituary published June 9: Lorraine Gordon; b. Lorraine Stein, Oct. 15, 1922, Newark; m. Alfred Lion (div.); m. Max Gordon (d. 1989); d. Saturday [June 9, 2018], Manhattan, aged 95; took over the Village Vanguard, New York's oldest and most venerated jazz nightclub, in 1989 and remained its no-nonsense proprietor for the rest of her life)
Associated languageeng