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American Folk legend Odetta has died at the age of 77. Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital. She influenced musicians like Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez.

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NEW YORK Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77.

Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital, said her manager of 12 years, Doug Yeager. She was admitted to the hospital with kidney failure about three weeks ago, he said.
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