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  1. Jun 4, 2009 · Koko Taylor, one of the few female singers to achieve success in the competitive world of Chicago blues, died on Wednesday in Chicago. She was 80. She died of complications following...

  2. Jun 4, 2009 · Grammy Award winner Koko Taylor, dubbed the "Queen of the Blues," died yesterday in her native Chicago following complications from her May 19th surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding, the...

  3. Jun 4, 2009 · Koko Taylor, the soulful blues songstress, died Wednesday in Chicago at the age of 80, due to complications from a stomach surgery. Taylor, born Cora Walton, grew up outside Memphis, Tenn.,...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Koko_TaylorKoko Taylor - Wikipedia

    She suffered complications from surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding on May 19 and died on June 3. [11] In 2023, Taylor's 1960s performance of "Wang Dang Doodle" was added to the United States National Recording Registry. [12] .

  5. Jun 4, 2009 · June 4, 2009 12 AM PT. Koko Taylor, a Chicago musical icon who became one of the most revered female blues vocalists of her time with signature hits such as “Wang Dang Doodle,” “I’m a Woman”...

  6. Jun 4, 2009 · Koko Taylor, a West Tennessee sharecropper's daughter who went to Chicago, Illinois, with "35 cents and a box of Ritz Crackers" at 24 and wound up an award-winning blues legend, died...

  7. Jun 4, 2009 · Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80.

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