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2 de abr. de 2014 · Though she contributed occasional recordings after this, she largely retreated from public life. Personal Life, Legacy and Death. Horne was married to Louis Jones from 1937 to 1944, and they had...
Personal life Horne at her 80th birthday party, 1997. Horne married Louis Jordan Jones, a political operative, in January 1937 in Pittsburgh. On December 21, 1937, their daughter, Gail (later known as Gail Lumet Buckley, a writer) was born. They had a son, Edwin Jones (1940–1970), who died of kidney disease.
Mitad afroestadounidense y mitad indígena estadounidense, su madre fue la hija del inventor Samuel R. Scottron y descendiente de John Caldwell Calhoun, y su tío Frank Horne fue asesor del presidente Franklin Delano Roosevelt .
7 de jul. de 2023 · Lena Horne mainly lived with her grandparents until her grandmother died in 1932. At this point, Horne's mother had remarried and was living in Cuba, so she was taken in by a family friend in Brooklyn, New York, where she attended the Girls High School.
1 de jul. de 2020 · Horne and Judy Garland had many things in common: a long tenure at MGM, a mentor and vocal coach in Kay Thompson, and—some said—an intimate relationship with Vincente Minnelli.
14 de may. de 2010 · Lena Horne, Hollywood's first glamorous black star -- who was given few starring roles because of racial discrimination and blacklisting -- died last Sunday in New York City. She was 92.
14 de may. de 2010 · In her rise beyond Hollywood’s racial stereotypes of maids, butlers, and African natives, she achieved true stardom on the silver screen, and became a catalyst for change even beyond the glittery...
