I wish someone had posted a better version, it'll surface later even if I have to put it up myself but this will always be one my favorite Lena Horne performances:



Rest well, dear Lena! You had a lot of weight to carry on your beautiful shoulders and you never buckled. Thank you!

Timmy84 said:

Ah ha! That must have been my introduction to her. Recognizing classic celebrities goes back to Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, or The Love Boat.

I can't believe there are all these people on twitter who don't know who Lena was. People need to know their history.

midiscover said:

really? that's all? really? come on....

Girl4both said:

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This is true and very sad. Young people have no frame of reference for anything beyond their time frame. Which is very different from how things were when I was growing up. You knew people like Lena Horne because your parents exposed you to them.

So Janet can finally portray her now....

scriptgirl said:

That makes me so frustrated with my generation. They don't know their own history and act like they're proud of it

Even though I'm saddened by this great loss, at least I'm happy about the fact that she lived a FULL life, and unlike many other legends who only got their dues after their passing, she lived to see the fruits of her word.

Sleep peacefully, Helena.

Janet is too old, I have a strong hunch Alicia can't act and Paula Patton and Halle are too old to play her.

midiscover said:

I dont think that would be a good idea since lena didn't want janet to potray her after the super bowl incident and it'd be best to respect her wishes. I did read though oprah had planned on doing a movie on lena and was thinking about having Alicia Keys play her.

Simule17 said:

I'm sure she doesn't want to portray her anyway. Shes going to portray Eartha Kitt instead.

"Horne might have been black America's first ambassador to the rest of the country — an artist with perfect features and a sultry sweetness, who'd teach the benighted to accept the glamour and talent, the full humanity, of an oppressed minority that had so profoundly enriched the official culture. But blacks in the 1940s were still second-class citizens at best, deprived of the water fountains, bus seats, voting rights and entertainment opportunities taken for granted by whites. So Horne, as determined as she was beautiful, went ahead and fashioned one of the 20th century's most exemplary and poignant show-business careers."