What is Lena Horne?
{{Infobox musical artist |name=Lena Horne |image=Lena Horne 1961.JPG |caption=Horne in her stage show, ''Nine O'Clock Revue'', 1961. |background=solo_singer |birth_name=Lena Mary Calhoun Horne |birth_date={{birth date|1917|06|30}}<br>[[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2010|05|9|1917|06|30}}<br>New York City, U.S. |instrument=[[Singing|Vocals]] |genre=[[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], [[Traditional pop music|traditional pop]], [[vocal jazz]] |occupation=[[Singing|Singer]], [[dancer]], [[actress]], [[civil rights activist]], [[recording artist]] |years_active=1933–2000 |label=[[MGM]], [[RCA Victor]], [[United Artists]], [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], [[Qwest Records|Qwest]]/[[Warner Bros. Records]] |associated_acts=[[Harry Belafonte]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Vic Damone]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Billy Strayhorn]], [[Billie Holiday]], [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Teddy Wilson]]}} '''Lena Mary Calhoun Horne''' (June 30, 1917 &ndash; May 9, 2010) was an [[Americans|American]] singer, actress, [[civil rights]] [[activist]] and [[dancer]]. ==Family Life== Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. She was raised in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] and in [[New York City]]. When she was three years old, her father, Edwin “Teddy” Horne, and her mother, Edna, divorced. She lived with her grandmother, Cora Calhoun, and her grandfather, Edwin Horne. Her mother was an actor and singer, but she was not very successful. She took Lena to the South, where they moved often. When she returned to [[Brooklyn]], she continued to move often. After her career started, Horne married Louis Jones. They divorced later. They had two children, Gail and Edwin “Teddy”. Then, she was married to Leonard George “Lennie” Hayton, a white musician. Because marriage between two races was against the law in [[California]], they were married in [[Paris|Paris, France]]. In 1970, Horne's son and father died. The year after, Horne's husband died of a [[Myocardial i