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=Nina Simone= By: Lindsey

**Eunice Kathleen Wa****ymon (also known by her stage name Nina Simone) was born February 21, 1933 and died April 21, 2003.she died at the age of 70. She was born in Tryon, North Carolina, and died Carry-le- Rout, near Bunches-du-Rhone in France. When she was 4, she started learning to play the piano and to sing. She grew up poor and as** **a sixth child out of seven. Her music teacher started a fund for Eunice’s education. I don't know who inspired her though.**

**After she finished high school, she won a scholarship to go to New York** **City ‘s most famous school named Julliard School of Music to train to be a** **professional pianist. She started teaching people to play piano and worked as a** **background singer for other singers on stage while at Julliard. Sadly, she ran out** **of money and had to leave school. She then moved to Philadelphia and went to** **live with her family to save money to go to a different music school. When she** **found a school called Cirtits Institute of Music in Philadelphia they turned her** **down and she thought it was because she was black. Soon, she stopped playing** **classical music and started playing in jazz and blues clubs.** **Now, she finally got her stage name, Nina Simone. “Nina” means “little** **one” and “Simone” came from the name of Simone Signoret who was an** **actress.**

**Nina began recording her music in the late 1950’s. In 1958, she released** **her first full album. The people nicknamed her “The High Preistess of Soul,”** **and she hated it. By the middle of the 1960’s, she was known as the voice** **of the civil rights. Throughout the years she lived in many countries like** **Liberia, France, Switzerland, England, Barbados and south France. Not** **much is known about her after this point, but I do know that she lived a** **good, long life.**

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