Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Chicago legend and 'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor dead at 80

"Koko Taylor, Chicago's long-reigning Queen of the Blues, died Wednesday afternoon at age 80, the result of complications from surgery on May 19 to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. Alligator Records, Ms. Taylor's Chicago-based label since the early 1970s, reported her death Wedneday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where label founder Bruce Iglauer had been monitoring her condition"
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