John Young (spouse) and Dinah Washington are divorced. About. American Singer Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones on 29th August, 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA and passed away on 14th Dec 1963 ...

Dinah Washington: A Queen in Turmoil Before her death at 39 in 1963, singer Dinah Washington battled her seven husbands, her weight and even her fans. But when she sang, nothing else mattered.

The singer Dinah Washington, known as "Queen of the Blues," reputedly once emptied a Los Angeles nightclub after firing a gun at one of the chorus line dancers whom she suspected of having an ...

Tribute shows honoring the music and memory of a legendary performer can be deadly affairs, as any number of recent shows have proven. The great Eartha Kitt did all she could to breathe life into &… ...

Dinah Washington was only 39 when she died of an accidental overdose of barbiturates in 1963. Yet in her short life she was one of the most successful of all jazz singers, ...