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Bea Wain with her husband, Andre Baruch, at WMCA in New York 1947.
thumbnail, NBC, 1941
Bea Wain
Died on August 19, 2017 at age 100
One of the last surviving vocalists of the big band era, Ms. Wain had four No. 1 hits, including a swing adaptation of a Debussy melody.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.