April 07 |
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Eleanora Fagan's
Birthday |
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In 1938, Billie began singing with Artie
Shaw and his orchestra which was highly controversial as a black female
vocalist touring with an all-white band. She wrote “Strange Fruit”
in 1939 about the lynching of blacks in the South. Around this time,
she began using heavy narcotics, became addicted, and was arrested several
time for possession. Billie had her last club date in New
York City on May 25, 1959. Six days later, she was taken to
Metropolitan Hospital in New York suffering from liver and heart disease.
She was arrested for drug possession as she lay dying, and her hospital room
was raided by authorities. Billie remained under police guard at the
hospital until she died from cirrhosis of the liver on July 17, 1959. More
than 3,000 people, .including many of the jazz greats. attended at her wake
at St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church four days later. |
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Strange Fruit Cheesecake |
Crust Ingredients 1&1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1&1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut (toasted) 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter -- melted |
Filling Ingredients 2 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, softened 1 (10-oz) can sweetened condensed milk 2 eggs 1 TB lemon zest 2 TB lemon juice 1 TB coconut extract 2 cups cubed fresh mango 1 TB sugar |
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Instructions
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© 2011 Gordon Nary and Tyler Stokes