Ella Fitzgerald's 96th birthday
OMG, she's 96? God bless her! Hope she has a very happy birthday!
No, she would have been 96 today had she lived. She died from complications brought about by her diabetes in 1996 (17 years ago).
Duh, my bad. I was thinking of Aretha Franklin. But it's impossible to imagine what music in the 20th century would have been like without Ella.