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Anne Brown, Gershwin's original Bess, dies at 96
The Associated Press Her father, Harry F. Brown, was a prosperous doctor and grandson of a slave and her mother, Mary Wiggins Brown, was a music lover of native American, African and European descent. Brown started to sing when she was six, encouraged by her mother, … Trailblazing African-American soprano Anne Wiggins Brown dies Anne Brown, Gershwin's Original Bess, Passes Away at 96 |
