Dinah Washington

American blues, R&B and jazz singer, born 29 August 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA and died 14 December 1963 from a lethal dose of secobarbital and amobarbital in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was married eight times inter alia to [a=Eddie Chamblee] from 1957 to 1959.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 (Early Influence) and Blues Hall of Fame in 2003.