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Mar 23, 2012 · Nyro died in 1997 at age 49, leaving a then teenage Gil in the care of her lover, Maria Desiderio. But Desiderio died the next year, also of cancer, and left the estate in control of her...
In 1977 Nyro met painter Maria Desiderio. The two women were together until Nyro’s death of ovarian cancer in 1997 at age 49. In a tragic coincidence, Desiderio also died of ovarian cancer less than two years later.
Dec 30, 2008 · When, Where and How did Laura Nyro first meet her eventual life partner, Maria Desiderio? The purpose of this talk page is to stimulate a discussion that might lead to ascertaining when, where, and how these two women first met. CURRENT UPDATE May 2011. I believe the evidence, here to date, warrants the following assumptions. Laura and…
Apr 10, 1997 · The singer’s son Gil Bianchini and longtime companion Maria Desiderio were at Nyro’s side when she died. Nyro, whose songs became hits for Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, the Fifth Dimension,...
In the early 1980s, Nyro began living with painter Maria Desiderio (1954–1999), a relationship that lasted 17 years, the rest of Nyro's life. Nyro was a feminist and openly discussed it on a number of occasions, once saying, "I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life."
Oct 26, 1997 · She lived for 17 years with Maria Desiderio, a 43-year-old painter, who has equally thick, flowing dark hair. On a bucolic property in Danbury, Conn., complete with babbling brook and...
Apr 10, 1997 · She is survived by a son, Gil Bianchini, and her companion, Maria Desiderio. See more on: Laura Nyro. Laura Nyro, New York-born singer and pioneer in confessional, free-form school of...
