| LC control no. | n 81050183 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.B819 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006 |
| Variant(s) | Weston, Ruth, 1928-2006 |
| Birth date | 1928-01-12 |
| Death date | 2006-11-17 |
| Place of birth | Portsmouth (Va.) |
| Place of death | Las Vegas (Nev.) |
| Field of activity | Singing Popular music--Writing and publishing Acting |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Composers Lyricists Actors |
| Found in | Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, and Ruth Brown. [Phonodisc] 1968. Feather, L.G. The encycl. of jazz in the seventies, c1976: (Brown, Ruth, b. Portsmouth, Va., 1/30/28) LEXIS/NEXIS, Feb. 24, 1998: Cont. theatre, film, tv, 1993: v. 11 (Ruth Brown; original name, Ruth Weston; b. Jan. 31, 1928, in Portsmouth, VA; actress and singer) New York times WWW site, Nov. 20, 2006 (in obituary published Nov. 18: Ruth Brown; b. Ruth Weston, Jan. 12, 1928, Portsmouth, Va.; d. Friday [Nov. 17, 2006], Las Vegas, aged 78; gutsy rhythm and blues singer whose career extended to acting and crusading for musicians' rights) Wikipedia, Apr. 16, 2024 (Ruth Brown; Ruth Alston Brown (née Weston); American singer-songwriter, actress) |
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