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Folk singer
1946 - 2010
Singer of melancholic folk ballads with popular appeal
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Musician and folklorist
1933 - 2009
Chronicler of folk music who founded influential New York group
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Musician
1950 - 2009
Frontman of Mink DeVille, one of the most eclectic acts to emerge from New York's punk scene
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Model
1948 - 2009
First African American supermodel who showed the world how black was beautiful
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Composer and academic
1923 - 2009
Creator of jazz theories and performer of eclectic concerts
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Poet
1916 - 2009
Gay poet associated with the Beat movement in New York and Paris
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Dancer
1914 - 2009
Pioneer of swing dancing who made his name with the Lindy Hop
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Musician
1931 - 2009
Leader of boogaloo band who popularised the accessible musical style and dance
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Folk singer
1930 - 2008
Singer whose traditional songs shook up America’s culture and politics
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Artist
1939 - 2008
Pop artist who broke down old masters into distorted, punning paintings and prints
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