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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 1, 2021
E Waters marker
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1 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Crown Heights — Ethel Waters — October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977 — 190 New York Avenue, Brooklyn —  |
| Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and married at the age of 13, Ethel Waters overcame a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a jazz and gospel singer and actress, with a career spanning five decades. Waters toured on the black vaudeville circuit . . . — — Map (db m183119) HM | |||
| 2 ► Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Chester — Ethel Waters — (1896-1977) — |
| African American blues, jazz and gospel singer overcame poverty to become one of the highest paid stars on Broadway. Several of her songs are Grammy Hall of Fame inductees. For acting, she received both Oscar and Emmy nominations. Waters was born in . . . — — Map (db m122309) HM | |||