 "Leighton Buzzard Observer (Leighton Buzzard, England)")
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Artist did vital secret work in the war.
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A FORMER Woburn artist who left her Leighton Road home of more than 50 years to live with her son at Barton-on-Sea on the south coast has died aged 94.
Josephine Mahoney of Birdcatcher's Cottage passed away on May 2.
Elsie Margaret Mahoney was born in Cambridgeshire in 1914 and Josephine was soon adopted as her first name.
She trained as a milliner, designing hats and then dresses, with her drawings being sold mainly in Paris.
At the outbreak of World War Two, she joined the Women's Auxillary Air Force and worked in Bomber Command, ...
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Kathleen Battle: Battling ice and frigid air to hear
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Afro-American
; ...American 01-22-1994 Kathleen Battle: Battling ice and frigid...partake of operatic soprano Kathleen Battle's performance...presenting artists such as Battle who add yet another cultural...Canary Islands for the Kathleen Battle concert. He then...
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Kathleen Battle...and when she was good...
Newspaper article from: Tri-State Defender
; Tri-State Defender 06-25-1997 Kathleen Battle.... and when she was good... I was such an...was bad, she was horrid!!". Opera mega-star Kathleen Battle, has been portrayed for much of her professional...
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Kathleen Battle: opera diva sings jazz style songs on 'So Many Stars' album.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Jet
; Superstar lyric soprano Kathleen Battle joins forces with some of jazz music...the unexpected-from me," Ms. Battle said. "For many years I have wanted...Grover Washington Jr. described Kathleen Battle's music as "heartfelt...
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KATHLEEN BATTLE ON GMA
Transcript from: ABC Good Morning America
; ...this Christmas season. Hiya. KATHLEEN BATTLE, Soprano: Good morning, Charles...Good to have you back here. KATHLEEN BATTLE: Nice to be here. CHARLES...the voice of Grammy Award winner Kathleen Battle. We have been honored to...
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Kathleen Battle sang with exquisite beauty
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender
; Kathleen Battle sang with exquisite beauty Soprano Kathleen Battle's recital at Orchestra Hall of the Symphony Center recently sparkled...full confidence. Article Copyright Sengstacke Enterprises, Inc. Photo (Kathleen Battle)
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A too-brief glimpse of the real Kathleen Battle
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; KATHLEEN BATTLE, soprano, with MARGO GARRETT, piano...fullest expression of human experience. Kathleen Battle, like Kiri Te Kanawa, has built...just a vehicle for a diva; the real Kathleen Battle stood up, and it was wonderful to be...
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Conductor sings soprano's praises: ; Conlin predicts Kathleen Battle will work magic
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail
; DAILY MAIL STAFF WHEN Kathleen Battle walks onto the stage of the Municipal...instant rapport with the audience. "Kathleen Battle is one of the great artists...gave her his greatest compliment. "Kathleen Battle is on my short list of great...
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PRIMA DONNA Kathleen Battle has 3 hit CDs, makes $40,000 a night and enjoys worldwide fame. So why does she behave so badly?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...America's sweetheart soprano Kathleen Battle walked out of the Metropolitan...satisfaction. Volpe chose not to, and Battle walked -- in polite, official...unpleasant stories circulate about Kathleen Battle than about any other current...
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Wynton Marsalis, Kathleen Battle merge spirituals and jazz
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News
; ...York Amsterdam News 10-14-1995 Wynton Marsalis, Kathleen Battle merge spirituals and jazz. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis might have conceded to having lyric soprano Kathleen Battle dominate his house at Lincoln Center. Marsalis...
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Kathleen Battle was fabulously awesome in concert
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender
; Kathleen Battle was fabulously awesome in concert Regardless...anticipation of a wonderful musical evening with Kathleen Battle as soloist for Grant Park Music Summer...Copyright Sengstacke Enterprises, Inc. Photo (Kathleen Battle)
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