Gaybutton Posted May 10, 2010 Posted May 10, 2010 Lena Horne, Singer and Actress, Dies at 92 By ALJEAN HARMETZ Published: May 9, 2010 Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan. Lena Horne, Sultry Singer and Actress, Dies at 92 - Biography - NYTimes.com Quote