Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee, born Norma Deloris Egstrom on May 26, 1920, in Jamestown, North Dakota, was an influential American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress with a career spanning seven decades[1][2]. Known for her intimate, subtly husky voice and masterful phrasing, she wrote over 270 songs and is regarded as one of the first important female singer-songwriters in American popular music history[2][3]. She died on January 21, 2002, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, leaving a timeless and influential legacy[2][3].