Wikipedia Picture of the Day - September 26th, 2020 - Bessie Smith (Narrated by Amy)<br /><br />Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.<br />On September 26, 1937, Smith was critically injured in a road traffic accident on U.S. Route 61. She was taken to the G. T. Thomas Afro-American Hospital in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where her right arm was amputated, but died that morning without regaining consciousness. A since-discredited story later emerged that she had died because a whites-only hospital in Clarksdale had refused to admit her. The circumstances surrounding her death formed the basis for Edward Albee's 1959 one-act play The Death of Bessie Smith.<br /><br />Photograph credit: Carl Van Vechten; restored by Adam Cuerden<br /><br />Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template</a>:POTD/2020-09-26<br /><br />This video was auto generated using data and media from Wikipedia.<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NhihSZiEp4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NhihSZiEp4</a>