Grace Bumbry Dead, Pioneering Black Mezzo-Soprano Dies at 86 – Billboard
Grace Bumbry, a pioneering Black mezzo-soprano opera singer had died at 86.
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Grace Bumbry, a pioneering Black mezzo-soprano opera singer had died at 86.
Bumbry died at Evangelisches Krankenhaus, a hospital in Vienna, Austria, according to her publicist.
Grace Bumbry was the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth festival and had a career spanning more than three decades.
Pioneering mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry has died at age 86. Bumbry had a stroke on a plane 15 minutes before landing in New York Oct. 20 to attend her induction into
Grace Bumbry, a Kennedy Center Honor recipient and Opera Hall of Fame inductee, has passed away at age 86 .