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Additional chemotherapy was ineffective, and Cassidy died of melanoma on November 2, 1996, at her family's home in Bowie, Maryland. In accordance with her wishes, her body was cremated and the ashes were scattered on the lake shores of St. Mary's River Watershed Park, a nature reserve near Callaway, Maryland.
May 1, 2002 · Eva Cassidy, 1988. It was the fall of 1996, and Eva Cassidy was dying. As she lay in bed in the Bowie home of her parents, musicians in a nearby studio were laying guitar, piano, and violin tracks on vocals Cassidy had recorded over the years. “After they’d finish, they’d come in and say, ‘Eva, we just finished one of your songs–would ...
Oct 30, 2020 · The Tragic Death Of Eva Cassidy. The sweet soprano of Eva Cassidy singing standards like "Over the Rainbow" feels both divine and sorrowful. Perhaps her life's story insinuated its way into her lilting delivery. While her album, Songbird, sold more than five million copies worldwide — reaching platinum status six times in England and becoming ...
- Sandra Mardenfeld
Mar 19, 2013 · Cassidy's music soon gained international recognition. Some 18 months after her death, her haunting version of 'Over the Rainbow' was played by Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2 to an overwhelming public ...
- Irish Independent
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Nov 2, 1996 · Died: November 2, 1996, in Bowie, Maryland, at age 33. Cause of death: Melanoma (one of the deadliest forms of cancer). In the 1980s, Eva had a malignant mole removed from her back, but the cancer recurred in the summer of 1996 when she had a sore hip and learned it was broken.
Eva Cassidy died on November 2 at the age of 33. Her ashes were scattered at St Mary’s River. Eva loved this spot. Southern Maryland is beautiful. Four years later Eva Cassidy’s album Songbird outsold Dido’s No Angel becoming the UK’s number one album, eventually even the best sold album of the year 2001.
Answer: Eva didn’t actually write much poetry and didn’t consider herself a poet. The “Springtime” poem was written for a friend, and the first part of the poem contains mostly personal references, for instance to her friend’s dog and cat. The second part of the poem is the only section that will be published.
