Anne Brown, Gershwin's Original Bess, Passes Away at 96
by Eddie Varley - Mar 17, 2009
The New York Times is reporting the sad news that Anne Brown, the soaring soprano who literally put the Bess in 'Porgy and Bess' by inspiring George Gershwin to expand the part in his opera that was originally to be called 'Porgy,' died Friday in Oslo. Brown was 96.
