For decades, Lena Horne has been an emblem of the complicated equation of race and talent.

Horne left school at age 16 to help support her ailing mother and became a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City.

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One of the greatest American artists of all time, for most of her life, Lena Horne endured "Stormy Weather" as the title of her 1943 film and sultry signature song implied.

Mike Douglas, the genial daytime talk show host, once cooed to Lena Horne about her legendary beauty, a look that epitomized - and helped diversify - golden-era Hollywood glamour.

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 13:56. "STORMY WEATHER: THE LIFE OF LENA HORNE." By James Gavin.

Ocean Beach denizens live in a fog Sam Whiting, Chronicle Staff Writer Nobody sees more fog than Mark Massara, director of the California Coastal Program for the Sierra Club.

He responded all he needed to say to St. Peter was "Have you seen my interview with Lena Horne?" Cameras followed the adoring segment host as he strolled with her first in Paris, a city that held fond memories for them both; and then through Central Park, as she reminisced sometimes tearfully about her hard times and how her involvement in the ...

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio . Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Tuesday night open music show, here with our old friend Mr.

Gavin, James. Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne . Atria: S. & S. Jun. 2009. c.608p. photogs.