By the way, a tip of the BBAA cap to member Ellen Donaldson, daughter of composer Walter Donaldson, who co-wrote "'Tain't No Sin" with Edgar Leslie.
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Here's a recent Wall Street Journal article about widows of jazz performers working to perpetuate their late husbands' names and music:
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Francine Bellson made news a second time in May, when the headstone she herself designed for Louie was unveiled in Moline, Ill. Photographs appear courtesy of www.louiebellson.com:
"'Putting one's head in the oven, yes, I think I was probably trying to draw attention to myself,' she said."
When it comes to understatement, nobody lays a glove on the Brits.
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And in one more death-related item, an English novelist, Beryl Bainbridge, passed away two weeks ago. Obituaries mentioned her attempt at suicide when she was in her mid-20s:
"'Putting one's head in the oven, yes, I think I was probably trying to draw attention to myself,' she said."
