David Roy Eldridge
Nov 24 2006, Pankaj

Singer Anita O’Day, 87, whose wild behavior and reputation as a drug addict contributed to the nickname “Jezebel of Jazz”, died early Thursday, was one of the finest singers to emerge from the swing era.

O’Day, whose renditions of Honeysuckle...

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