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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 103
Sign: Virgo

City: SIERRA MADRE
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/3/2006
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 
Blues icon Koko Taylor died in Chicago this afternoon from complications following surgery. The 80-year-old legend was honored with the Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year award at last month's Blues Music Awards in Memphis, where she performed her signature song, Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle."

To read a full obit, please go to www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/06/koko-taylor-chicago-blues.html?track=email-alert-breakingnews. To learn more about Koko Taylor, please visit www.kokotaylor.com and/or www.alligator.com.
Anne McCue

 
Wow, I never heard about this. I met her at a festival in California and got to see her play.

 
Posted by Anne McCue on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 11:54 PM
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