Canadian Legend, Eleanor Collins, has passed away at age 104
Canadian jazz icon Eleanor Collins has reportedly passed away peacefully at the age of 104, in Surrey, B.C.
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- Global BC (@GlobalBC) March 3, 2024
Eleanor Collins, who began performing in the 1930s, was the first woman and first Black artist (and jazz musician) to headline their own national television series, The Eleanor Show. She is known as Canada's First Lady of Jazz. In 1954 she was a part of the first Canadian interracial cast when she appeared on Bamboula: A Day in the West Indies. In 2014 she was awarded the Black Canadian Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.
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