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Authorities closed Burr Oak Cemetery, home to the graves of civil rights-era lynching victim Emmett Till and blues singer Dinah Washington, on Friday and declared portions a crime scene. Saturday, lines snaked out of white tents where relatives filled out ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/thousands-swarm...
Historic resting place Prosecutors said at Thursday's hearing that more than 1,100 human bones have been found scattered about the historic black cemetery where many prominent figures were buried, including blues singers Willie Dixon and Dinah Washington ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32317750/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/indicted-ill-ce...
It became the final resting place for lynching victim Emmett Till, singer Dinah Washington, blues musician Willie Dixon, Negro League pitcher John Donaldson and National Football League player J. Mayo Williams. In 1975, Burr Oak was the setting for one of ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32253768/ns/us_news-life/t/cemetery-scandal-makes-blac...
Employee A speaks out The cemetery is the final resting place of perhaps 100,000 people, including blues singers Dinah Washington and Willie Dixon, boxer Ezzard Charles, several Negro League baseball players, and Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager whose ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32043382/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/cemetery-whistl...
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Updated May. 21, 2013
Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington
Updated May. 16, 2013
Find Dinah Washington bio, songs, credits, awards related and video information on AllMusic - Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and controversial ...http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dinah-washington-mn0000260038
Updated May. 20, 2013
Singer Dinah Washington, the Grammy-winning "Queen of the Jukeboxes," left her turbulent life behind at the tender age of 39. In that short period, a ...http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3872390
Updated May. 19, 2013
Biography.com profiles the life and music of blues singer Dinah Washington, from her beginnings in the church choir to her top 10 hits.http://www.biography.com/people/dinah-washington-9524775
