... drank and smoked. During her last years she was in terrible health. She died in 1959. Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1917. Both her parents died by the time she was 15. Ella was forced to live at the New York State Training School for girls, where she was ... Webb. Webb took the young girl under his wing and personally coached her. This was the most "formal" training she ever received. Ella Fitzgerald's musical career spans six decades and includes thousands of recordings. She was married twice and divorced twice. She battled diabetes for most of ... up until 1992...

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