| Marian Anderson  Born: 27-Feb-1897
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 8-Apr-1993
Location of death: Portland, OR
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
Gender: Female
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Operatic contralto "A voice like yours is heard only once in a hundred years." -- Arturo Toscanini Father: John Berkeley Anderson (d. 1910)
Mother: Anna (schoolteacher)
Husband: Orpheus H. Fisher (architect, m. 24-Jul-1943)
High School: South Philadelphia High School for Girls (1921)
New York Metropolitan Opera Singer (1955-57)
Spingarn Medal 1939
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Congressional Gold Medal
Kennedy Center Honor 1978
National Medal of Arts 1986
Author of books:
My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography (1956, memoir)
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