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04-23-2004

Profile: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald

Host: TONY COX
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM

TONY COX, host:

They called her the first lady of song. Ella Fitzgerald would have been 86 years old this coming Sunday. Our reporter Allison Keyes has this tribute.

(Soundbite of music)

Ms. ELLA FITZGERALD: (Singing) Why is there gloom and misery everywhere? Stormy weather...

ALLISON KEYES reporting:

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