# RIP Cassandra Wilson
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** music
**Created:** [September 2, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773 "2026-09-02T18:46:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/1 "2026-09-02T18:46:25Z")
sultry, smokey chanteuse Cassandra Wilson dead at age 70–I’ll miss her distinctive voice!
_ **Cassandra Wilson** _ died on September 2, 2026 at the age of 70. _ **Wilson** _ died this morning (September 2) in Jackson, Mississippi. She was 70.
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### Author:  [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/2 "2026-09-03T02:14:46Z")
sorry, my post should have cited Cassandra Wilson
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/3 "2026-09-03T02:55:16Z")
I was worried elvira died at first
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/4 "2026-09-03T13:13:29Z")
How old was she when she died?
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### Author:  [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/5 "2026-09-03T13:49:36Z")
70
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/6 "2026-09-03T14:37:39Z")
Dammit. I like her music.
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/7 "2026-09-03T16:48:56Z")
I had to Google who she was. I’d never heard of her.
> **[Cassandra Wilson, the 2-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, dies at 70](https://apnews.com/article/cassandra-wilson-dead-7bbf74ead70df41b8341be9e4969c3ce)**
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> Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, has died. She was 70. Her manager said she died in her native Jackson, Mississippi, surrounded by family and friends.
Apparently she was fantastic singer (2 Grammies) but since she’s best known for doing jazz covers of pop music she was never on my radar.
I guess I’m going to look up some of her music now. I’m intrigued.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/8 "2026-09-03T17:14:01Z")
I knew her name, her appearance and her status, I saw and heard her a few times on (German) TV. Her jazz-pop style is not my music, though I don’t hate it, and it was clear that she was a great singer.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cassandra-wilson/1032773/9 "2026-09-05T17:31:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#):
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> but since she’s best known for doing jazz covers of pop music she was never on my radar.
Hot tamales.