Jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, famous for her huge vocal range and wide musical repertoire, has died at the age of 97. In a ...

Dame Cleo Laine has died at age 97. Her death was announced by The Stables, the music venue that she and her husband, Sir John Dankworth, founded. Critic Bob Mondello — a longtime fan — offers an ...

Cleo Laine, who was married to and performed with fellow jazz musician John Dankworth, has died, according to the U.K. music venue they'd founded.

She was 97. News of her death was confirmed by The Stables, a U.K. arts center that Laine founded with her late husband, John Dankworth, in Buckinghamshire, England.

She was 97. The Stables, a charity and venue Laine founded with her late jazz musician husband John Dankworth, said Friday it was “greatly saddened” by the news that “one of its founders and Life ...

LEGENDARY jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine has died aged 97. Dame Cleo, who famously performed with jazz icons Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles, became Britain’s most successful jazz singer ever ...

She was 97. News of her death was confirmed by The Stables, a U.K. arts center that Laine founded with her late husband, John Dankworth, in Buckinghamshire, England.

LONDON (AP) — Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American ...

Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain's greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has died.

A decade later, in 1951, she tried out for the Johnny Dankworth Seven, and succeeded. "Clementina Campbell" was judged too long for a marquee, so she became Cleo Laine.

Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has died.