ENTERtAINNMENT ICON LENA HORNE DIES AT 92 YEARS OLD!!!

Legendary entertainer Lena Horne died Sunday in New York City at the age of 92. Horne was most known as the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and held an international singing career that spanned over 60 years. She is also credited for breaking barriers for African-Americans in film and television, as well as on stages from Las Vegas to Broadway.

Her death, at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was announced by her son-in-law, Kevin Buckley. She lived in Manhattan. In a message of condolence, President Obama said Ms. Horne had “worked tirelessly to further the cause of justice and equality.”

Ms. Horne first achieved fame in the 1940s, became a nightclub and recording star in the 1950s and made a triumphant return to the spotlight with a one-woman Broadway show in 1981. She might have become a major movie star, but she was born 50 years too early: she languished at MGM for years because of her race, although she was so light-skinned that when she was a child other black children had taunted her, accusing her of having a “white daddy.”