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Death. Brown died in a Las Vegas–area hospital on November 17, 2006, from complications following a heart attack and stroke she suffered after surgery in the previous month. She was 78 years old. A memorial concert for her was held on January 22, 2007, at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York.
18. Nov. 2006 · Nov. 18, 2006. Ruth Brown, the gutsy rhythm and blues singer whose career extended to acting and crusading for musicians’ rights, died on Friday in Las Vegas. She was 78 and lived in Las...
- Jon Pareles
Ruth Brown (* 30. Januar 1928 in Portsmouth, Virginia, als Ruth Weston; † 17. November 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada) war eine der populärsten US-amerikanischen Rhythm-’n’-Blues - Sängerinnen der 1950er Jahre.
JahrTitel AlbumHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, ...(us)Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, ...(r&b)1949So Long Rock & Roll—R&B 4 (10 Wo.) R&B1950Teardrops from My Eyes Rock & Roll—R&B 1 (25 Wo.) R&B1951I’ll Wait for You—R&B 3 (4 Wo.) R&B1951I Know—R&B 7 (4 Wo.) R&B20. Nov. 2006 · 11/20/2006. Ruth Brown, the vivacious R&B singer whose early hits established Atlantic Records, has died of complications following a stroke and a heart attack in Henderson, Nev. She was 78....
- The Hollywood Reporter
18. Nov. 2006 · She was 78. The Grammy- and Tony Award-winning Brown had suffered a variety of ailments in recent years. She had recovered sufficiently to work recently with director John Sayles on a feature...
Ruth Brown (born Jan. 12, 1928, Portsmouth, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 17, 2006, Las Vegas, Nev.) American singer and actress, who earned the sobriquet “Miss Rhythm” while dominating the rhythm-and-blues charts throughout the 1950s. Her success helped establish Atlantic Records (“The House That Ruth Built”) as the era’s premier rhythm-and ...
18. Nov. 2006 · One of the pioneering rhythm and blues singers, Ruth Brown, has died aged 78. Known as "the girl with a tear in her voice" for emotion-laden singing, Brown died on Friday after a stroke and heart attack in Las Vegas.