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Blues Singer Lizzie Miles Dies At 67
New Orleans funeral services were set for Lizzie Miles, 67, a renowned Negro blues singer. She died yesterday, likely of a heart attack. Miles helped shape blues and jazz, recording with Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver and once singing with George Lewis. She was native to New Orleans and step-sister to trumpeter Herb Morand. she married twice and had no children.
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