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Linda Hopkins Dies: Broadway's Star Of 'Black And Blue' Was 92 by Greg Evans

Linda Hopkins, one of Broadway’s great gospel and blues voices, died Monday in Milwaukee at 92. Perhaps best known for her popular one-woman show Me and Bessie – a 1970s tribute to blues singer Bessie Smith – and the 1980s revue Black and Blue, Hopkins won a Tony Award in 1972 for her show-stealing performance in the Broadway musical Inner City. Hopkins Broadway success in Black and Blue, in whic…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:27pm on April 12, 2017 ☆ ⚑

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