Nancy Wilson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz and pop singer Nancy Wilson has died earlier this evening

Her manager Devra Hall Levy tells The Associated Press late Thursday night that Wilson died peacefully after a long illness at her home in Pioneertown, a California desert community near Joshua Tree National Park. She was 81.

Influenced by Dinah Washington, Nat “King” Cole and other stars, Wilson covered everything from jazz standards to “Little Green Apples” and in the 1960s alone released eight albums that reached the top 20 on Billboard’s pop charts.

Nancy Wilson died Friday December 14 2018

Rest in Paradise Ms. Nancy Wilson.

Written by Dianne Washington