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    Fontella Bass, R.I.P.

    Jazz and R&B singer Fontella Bass has passed away at the age of 72. She was the wife of trumpet player Lester Bowie.




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    Wonderful singer. RIP Fontella!
    TV is a medium because it's neither rare nor well done -- Ernie Kovacs

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    a major voice of my young adulthood.
    RIP Fontella Bass.
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    Each Day Is A Gift. Ron Thorne's Avatar
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    Fontella Bass was something special and will be sorely missed. What a long life of music, both as a pianist and singer.



    R.I.P., Fontella Bass~
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    R.I.P. ma'm!

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