South side of the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard
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Ella Fitzgerald
Born
April 25, 1918
in Newport News, VA
Died
June 15, 1996
in Beverly Hills, CA
Ella Fitzgerald is known to jazz lovers throughout the world as the First Lady of Song. Fitzgerald's innate jazz sense, her range and the purity of her tone filled her Beverly Hills home with trophies, awards and the autographed photographs of famous people who admired her—as she admired them in return. She remained in the jazz spotlight for more than half a century even though her health eventually began to let her down. First, it was her eyes, then breathing problems. She was hospitalized in August 1985 in Washington for treatment of a respiratory ailment, emerging slimmed down and with less certainty in her voice. She was hospitalized in Niagara Falls, N.Y., after a July 1986 concert, for what was diagnosed as congestive heart failure. In 1993, diabetes forced amputation of her legs below the knee. After turning out more than 100 albums and selling more than 25 million records, Ella was named in 1979 as a Kennedy Center Honoree for lifetime achievement in the performing arts. She was given numerous Grammys and other awards, and was picked as the top female jazz singer in polls by Metronome and Down Beat magazines in various years.
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Two thoughts about Ella Fitzgerald
she is so great do you no how she died
I first had the "honour, and pleasure" of meeting Ella Fitzgerald when I was 17 years old, the occassion was a JATP concert in Manchester , England.I was too nervous to say very much , and just asked for her to sign my programme!
After that I found out that every time Ella came to England she would stay at The Dorchester Hotel in London, and so I would write a note to welcome her back, and always received a reply, and eventually I used to go back stage at her invitation, and that continued right up until her last concert at The Albert Hall.in London in 1996.
As well as being one of the greatest jazz singers ever, Ella was a lovely ,lovely person, and delightfully modest.
I thank her for making my life all the better for the music she gave me, and which I still revel in, and for the pleasure I get each time I hear her.
God Bless you Ella,
Sincerely ,
and with Love,
Sheila (Appleton).
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