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Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Jessye Norman

Born: September 15, 1945
Died: September 30, 2019 (aged 74)
Bio: Jessye Mae Norman was an American Grammy award-winning opera singer and recitalist. A dramatic soprano, Norman was associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, and Leonore.
Known for:
- Spirituals in Concert (1991)
- Lohengrin (1987)
- Brahms: Lieder (1999)
- Roots - My Life, My Song (2010)