Lena Horne

MY GIRL, MS. LENA. GOD BLESS YOU SIS, AND KNOW I GOT YOU ALWAYS AS A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF THE ANCESTORS. SLEEP IN ETERNAL PEACE.
I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the 8th anniversary of Ms. Lena’s death on Mothers Day, 2010.
I had the pleasure of meeting and sitting with Ms. Lena for hours, just because she saw me passing by her dressing room at Xenon when she assisted in giving the benefit for the Negro Ensemble Company, and wanted to tell me that ‘I was a pretty baby.’ She invited me in and we talked for most of that evening. Rest well Ms. Lena, with all my love.

Written by Dianne Washington