The Resume

(October 18, 1919-November 23, 2006)
Born in Chicago, Illinois
Died in West Hollywood, California at 87
Published the autobiography 'High Times, Hard Times (1981)'

Why she might be annoying:

She left home at 12.
She was nicknamed the 'Jezebel of Jazz' for her hard-living lifestyle.
She battled alcoholism for decades.
She was sentenced to six months in jail for heroin possession (1953).
She almost died from a heroin overdose (1968).
Her first marriage was annulled and her second ended in divorce.

Why she might not be annoying:

A botched tonsillectomy caused her the inability of vibrato.
In 1941, she was named 'New Star of the Year' by Down Beat Magazine.
She spoke openly of her struggles with alcohol and drugs.
She continued to perform just months prior to her death.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 04]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [October] (Ranked: 10181919)
• Day and Night
• I Abused Heroin
• I am from Chicago
• I Died in 2006 (Ranked: 87)
• I Sing About New York
• Jazz Artists
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• NPR's 50 Greatest Jazz Vocals [2013] (Ranked: 30)
• Profiles 19501-19750 (Ranked: 19668)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20061123)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 80 Votes: 43.75% Annoying