deaths
June 15, 1996
Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, absolute pitch, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
June 15
June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 199 days remain until the end of the year.