Ella Fitzgerald
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About
The Queen of Jazz who won thirteen Grammy Awards and became a legend for singing "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" and "I'm Making Believe."
Before Fame
After the death of her mother in 1932, she worked as a lookout for a bordello and for a Mafioso numbers runner.
Trivia
Her rendition of "Summertime" with Louis Armstrong is considered one of the best collaborations in music history.
Family Life
She married Benjamin Kornegay on December 26, 1941 and, after their annulment in 1943, she married Ray Brown on December 10, 1947.
Associated With
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H.W. Bush in 1992.
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