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    1. [IGW] Music -- Vocalist, Eva CASSIDY - Posthumously honored in USA and UK
    2. Jean R.
    3. SNIPPET: Georgia O'KEEFE once commented - "Singing always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression ... and after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint." An admirer of Ms. O'KEEFE's work - Pretty, blond Eva CASSIDY's heart was stilled in 1996 at the age of 33 from melanoma - but the distinctive voice of this painfully shy, private young woman with Scotch-Irish-German roots rings out loud for an ever-growing audience today. Locally known in the Washington, D.C. area at the time of her diagnosis, content with her simple life of bicycling, her love of the water, and with dreams of someday traveling and seeing the world - Ms. CASSIDY has been honored in the USA and abroad following her death for her clear voice, wide vocal range and masterful interpretation of lyrics from songs such as "Yesterday," "Fever," "Over the Rainbow," "Imagine," "Blue Skies, "Tennessee Waltz," "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" and "Danny Boy," etc., which she accompanied on her guitar. . Her music was posthumously championed by a BBC disk jockey and the anthology "Songbird" was a number #1 smash in the UK. .

    01/10/2007 05:40:14