She was 96 and sang her last performance last Valentines Day, the same day she released her last album, Portrait Now. And unlike most of those who are still repeating themselves into their 70s and 80s, she was still very much worth listening to, making it new every time.
"It seems to me that to organize on the basis of feeding people or righting social injustice and all that is very valuable. But to rally people around the idea of modernism, modernity, or something is simply silly. I mean, I don't know what kind of a cause that is, to be up to date. I think it ultimately leads to fashion and snobbery and I'm against it." Jack Levine: January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010 LEVEL BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE
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