From Spinner:
Jazz singer, songwriter and actress Abbey Lincoln passed away on Aug. 14 in New York City, filmmaker and friend Carol Friedman — who’s working on a documentary on Lincoln — told the media. The 80-year-old died of natural causes.
“There are gorgeous women, there are spirited women, there are genius women — Abbey Lincoln was all of that,” Friedman told Billboard. “You don’t find an artist that embodies this kind of level of physical beauty and cerebral magnificence in one package.”
• Abbey Lincoln: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Lincoln
