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“She had a heroin addiction because she’d been chronically raped as a child and she was trying to deal with the grief and the pain of that. And also, she was resisting white supremacy. And when...
Holiday's drug addictions were a problem on the set. She earned more than one thousand dollars per week from club ventures but spent most of it on heroin. Her lover, Joe Guy, traveled to Hollywood while Holiday was filming and supplied her with drugs. Guy was banned from the set when he was found there by Holiday's manager, Joe Glaser.
By Amy Beeman / April 10, 2021 3:25 pm EST. Billy Holiday is likely the most celebrated female jazz singer in American history, yet substance abuse and addiction would plague her until her death at only 44 years old.
The drama, which premiered Friday on Hulu, is based on Holiday’s years-long battle with federal drug agents obsessed with both her heroin addiction and her star-making rendition of the...
When he discovered that a Washington society hostess he knew—“a beautiful, gracious lady,” he noted—had an illegal drug addiction, he explained he couldn’t possibly arrest her because ...
21. Juni 2021 · Billie Holiday's hard life and hard living took a toll and by the 1950s, her addiction worsened, according to PBS' American Masters. At the height of her career, she was making roughly $1,000 a week, and much of it went toward feeding her drug habit.
Billie Holiday. Women of Substance. Billie Holiday sang about alcohol and broken hearts, fought racism and heroin use. But why did the state criminalise her instead of rehabilitating her...
