1945–1981
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Leonora Lafayette
1926–1975
United States
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Biography
Leonora Gwendolyn Lafayette (born July 8, 1926, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; died October 23, 1975) was an African American soprano with a significant career in Europe during the 1950s and 1960s.
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