# Jazz Icon Cassandra Wilson Dies at 70 in Mississippi

Cassandra Wilson, a Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and genre-blending pioneer, died at age 70 in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Cassandra Wilson, a jazz singer and composer, died at the age of 70 in Jackson, Mississippi, according to local authorities. [^1]

In 2009, Wilson received her second Grammy Award for the album Loverly, a project reinterpreting classic jazz and blues standards. [^2]

Jeramiah Howard, the Hinds County coroner, reported on Wednesday that Wilson died on Tuesday morning, though medical causes were not yet disclosed. [^3]

Wilson won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for her 1995 album New Moon Daughter. [^4]

Cassandra Wilson revolutionized jazz by fusing it with blues, folk, country, and pop, becoming one of the most important jazz singers of the 1980s and 1990s. [^5]

Wilson won her first Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for the album 'New Moon Daughter' released in 1995. [^6]

## What this stands on

1. Cassandra Wilson, a jazz singer and composer, died at the age of 70 in Jackson, Mississippi, according to local authorities. (EL NACIONAL, News)
2. In 2009, Wilson received her second Grammy Award for the album Loverly, a project reinterpreting classic jazz and blues standards. (EL NACIONAL, News)
3. Jeramiah Howard, the Hinds County coroner, reported on Wednesday that Wilson died on Tuesday morning, though medical causes were not yet disclosed. (EL NACIONAL, News)
4. Wilson won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for her 1995 album New Moon Daughter. (EL NACIONAL, News)
5. Cassandra Wilson revolutionized jazz by fusing it with blues, folk, country, and pop, becoming one of the most important jazz singers of the 1980s and 1990s. (RPP, News)
6. Wilson won her first Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for the album 'New Moon Daughter' released in 1995. (RPP, News)

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