Abbey Lincoln, the U.S. jazz singer, songwriter, actress and activist, died Saturday at her Manhattan home in New York city at age 80.
Lincoln died of natural causes Saturday morning in the New York neighborhood of Manhattan, local TV quoted her friend and film maker Carol Friendman as saying, adding that she had been in poor health conditions for the past years.
Lincoln started her singing career in 1956 with her first album "Affair...a Story of a Girl in Love", and continued her career for six decades with more than 20 recorded albums.
She married jazz musician Max Roach and became a civil rights activist during the 1960s, fighting for the freedom and opportunities of African-Americans.
Lincoln's role as an actress was well-known after a Golden Globe nomination of her film "For love of Ivy" co-acted with Sidney Poitier in 1986. She also appeared in several TV shows in the 1970s.
In 2003, she won the Jazz Masters Award, the nation's highest jazz honor issued by the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2007, Lincoln released her final album "Abbey Sings Abbey," which she named after herself and in which she did her own compositions.
Source: China.org.cn - China news
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