Cassandra Wilson Dies: Grammy-Winning Jazz Musician Was 70

The Mississippi singer died "peacefully at home, surrounded by family, close friends, and her manager"

Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70.Dubbed America’s best singer by Time

She died in her native Jackson, Mississippi, on Tuesday morning, the Hinds County Coroner Jeramiah Howard confirmed.

Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz musician, has died. She was 70. The singer-songwriter died Wednesday in her native Jackson, MS, where Hinds County coroner Jeramiah Howard confirmed her death to the New York Times. A cause of death was not immediately revealed.…

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

Mississippi-born Wilson, who worked across folk, pop, R&B and country, was once dubbed America’s best singer Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was…

Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shared with WBGO that Wilson died early Wednesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi. A cause of death was not given. “It is with profound sadness…