What is Everett Lee?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} [[File:Portrait of Everett Lee LCCN2004663200.jpg|thumb|200px|Lee in 1948]] '''Everett Lee''' (August 31, 1916 &ndash; January 12, 2022) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Conducting|conductor]] and [[violinist]]. He was the first [[African-American]] to conduct a [[Broadway]] musical. He was also the first African-American to conduct a performance by a major US [[opera]] company. In September 1945, he became the main conductor of the musical ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]''. He later conducted at [[Tanglewood]]. He served as director of [[Columbia University]]'s opera department in the early 1950s. Lee was born in [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]. In 1927, he moved with his parents to [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. He married [[Sylvia Olden Lee]] in 1944. The couple later divorced. He later married his second wife. He lived in [[Sweden]]. He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/happy-100th-birthday-everett-lee-trailblazing-conductor/|title=Happy 100th Birthday Everett Lee, Trailblazing Conductor|publisher=WQXR|date=August 31, 2016|access-date=April 13, 2020|author=McKnight, Terrence}}</ref> Lee died on January 12, 2022, in [[Malmö]], Sweden. He was 105.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ratsit.se/19160831-Everett_Astor_Lee_Limhamn/7ZWEEGfIS3pJAcsZvSyTEaQAM9yrykQELO9cll7RBdo|lang= sv|title=Everett Lee|publisher=ratsit.se |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2022/01/maestro-everett-lee-conductor-passing.html|title=Maestro Everett Lee, Conductor, The Passing of a Musical Icon at 105|date=January 16, 2022 |publisher=africlassical.blogspot.com |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Everett}} [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:African-American musicians]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:American conductors]] [[Category:American pianists]] [[Category:American violinists]] [[Category:Music