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Odetta

Folk music and civil rights icon Odetta dead at 77

December 3, 2008 - Grammy-nominated folk-singer Odetta, whose lengthy recording career began more than a half century ago, has died. She was 77.

Odetta hospitalized with kidney failure

November 14, 2008 - Odetta Gordon, who is often called "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement," remains in a New York City hospital, suffering from kidney failure.