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Folk Singer And Civil Rights Activist Odetta Dead At 77

Photo: Getty Folk singer Odetta, the “Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” died of heart disease in New York yesterday, December 2nd. She was 77. An influence to singers like Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez and countless more, “The Queen of American folk music,” as Martin Luther King Jr. dubbed her, was responsible for some [...]

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07:25 on December 3 2008

Folk Singer And Civil Rights Activist Odetta Dead At 77

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty Folk singer Odetta, the “Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” died of heart disease in New York yesterday, December 2nd. She was 77. An influence to sing... more info