[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 152 (Wednesday, November 16, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2371]
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                INTRODUCTION OF SHIRLEY HORN RESOLUTION

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 16, 2005

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to announce the introduction of 
a resolution honoring the late Shirley Horn, a great jazz vocalist who 
passed away on October 20. For those of you who did not follow her 
career, Shirley Horn was one of this country's musical and cultural 
greats.
  The resolution speaks for itself, but I would like to highlight some 
aspects of her life. She was born in the Nation's capital in 1934 and 
started her musical career as a young child on her grandmother's piano. 
She continued to study music at Howard University and was invited to 
attend the prestigious Juilliard School in New York.
  She recorded over two dozen albums and was lauded with numerous 
honors, including being elected into the Lionel Hampton Jazz Hall of 
Fame, receiving Grammy Awards, an honorary doctorate from Berklee 
College of Music, and receiving the 2003 Jazz at Lincoln Center Award.
  Importantly, Ms. Horn never forgot her background. She was dedicated 
to the Washington, DC community and, as a result, earned the Mayor's 
Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline.
  I would like to express my deepest sympathies to her family and 
express to them that her passing is a loss to all of us.

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