Legendary jazz singer, Nancy Wilson has died at the age of 81, her manager and publicist Devra Hall Levy told The Associated Press late Thursday night.
Legendary jazz singer Nancy Wilson – a three-time Grammy Award-winning “song stylist” – died after a long illness at her California home, her manager and publicist Devra Hall Levy said. She was 81.
Her cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
Wilson, who had been living in Pioneertown, a desert community near Joshua Tree National Park, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, on February 20,1937 – and began her musical journey singing for a local church.
She launched a career as an R&B singer with the 1961 single “Guess Who I Saw Today.” However, one of her biggest hits was in 1964 with “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am.” It landed her a Grammy Award for best R&B recording.
She later moved to singing jazz and torch songs and eventually snagged two more Grammy Awards in 2005 and 2007, respectively.
She retired from touring in 2011.
