RIP: Barbara Cook, Broadway star and cabaret singer

RIP: Barbara Cook, Broadway star and cabaret singer
Barbara Cook (Photo: Hank Parker)

From The Los Angeles Times:

Barbara Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway’s leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died. She was 89.

Cook died early Tuesday of respiratory failure at her home in Manhattan, surrounded by family and friends, according to publicist Amanda Kaus. […]

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