RIP Lena Horne

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 12:40am

We lose another great artist...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/arts/music/10horne.html?hp

Updated On: 5/10/10 at 12:40 AM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 1:02am

RIP you beautifully talented woman, you! :'(

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 1:16am

Wow, this passing upsets me a great deal. Thank-you to a great woman and talented performer!

[tazber]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 8:08am

RIP Ms. Horne.

Another legend gone.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 8:17am

Here she accepts her special Tony Award for the 1981 The Lady and Her Music, which I was lucky enough to see three times, and sings "If You Believe" from The Wiz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8bG_Rml0cg

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 9:38am

RIP

I saw "Lady and Her Music" as well, and it was electric.
God bless her!

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 9:43am

RIP to a legend.

Another of MGM's stars has ascended. The first and only African American star in their roster.

What a life. What a career. What a talent.

[fflagg]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 11:28am

Such a loss.

Let's hope SHE is remembered at next year's Oscars roll call.

There should be a tribute to her immediately for her body of work and contributions.

[nealb1]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 11:40am

I saw her twice in her 1 woman show at The Pantages Theatre here in LA back in the day.

What a talent. RIP.

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 11:57am

Seeing "Lena Horne, The Lady and Her Music" was one of the most memorable evenings I've ever spent in a theatre. She was a consummate performer...a true artist in every since of the word.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 12:25pm

We need some Lena links here. For starters, Lena and Judy were great friends, in real life and on camera:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYxppElUM4

Now, Here's Lena singing some Broadway:


"Cockeyed Optimist" and "Some People"--she would have made a HELL of a Rose!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnweRRmZI


This one will surprise you. "Love Me or Leave Me" followed by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen's "The Eagle and Me" from Bloomer Girl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMgO5PtlYVk


Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0La15_Ziwo


And his "From This Moment On":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9IGeeD30Kw


And a lovely "You'd Better Love Me" from High Spirits, the musical version of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHVsFi-Fk8

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 1:10pm

Here is the very first time I ever saw Lena Horne perform anything. I was a kid, watching THE COSBY SHOW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxp47BPI9FY

[morosco]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 2:32pm

I really wish we could have LADY AND HER MUSIC released on DVD.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 2:33pm

So sad...

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 2:54pm

i love her. she was so classy with a a hint of sass and groove in her. what a woman. her legend will live on.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 5:00pm

Elegance, grace, natural beauty and talent that sparkled like brightest diamond. Rest in peace lovely lady. We will miss you.

[nmartin]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 6:09pm

I saw The Lady and Her Music twice. Once from front row center. Glorious.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 7:33pm

TCM just did a terrific montage tribute to her, and GOD she was beautiful and talented.

Thank you TCM for reminding me.

[Icehouse Life]

Posted: 5/10/10 at 9:21pm

I was hoping to find that famous 60 Minutes Ed Bradley (RIP) interview he did with her on YouTube in full, but I don't see it anywhere on it.

She was stunning and a legend. She should've been a bigger crossover superstar than she was. But race relations made sure that would not happen.

Fred Sanford was certainly enthralled by her. This hilarious Lena Horne episode was just shown on TV Land, as anticipated, in the aftermath of her passing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF1yAFk7ods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKyfOVBQQaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E37lMoZg_eQ