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1933 – 2003Nina Simone (1933-2003)Died 21 April 2003, aged 70Nina Simone was a singer, pianist and songwriter whose repertoire spanned jazz, blues, gospel, classical and folk. Songs such as 'Mississippi Goddam' and 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' made her a prominent voice of the civil rights movement. She spent her later years in France, where she died.