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Lena Horne died last night at age 92, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Lena Horne was the first African-American to be signed to a major Hollywood studio MGM, in 1942.
In addition to being a performer, she was also active in the civil rights movement.
She will be missed.
"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else." - Lena Horne
“You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way." -Lena Horne
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