Bio
Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and Traditional Pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer.
She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom and was famous for her "soft and cool" singing style, which she is thought to have developed in response to noisy nightclub audiences.
Though she recorded dozens of hit songs (many written or cowritten by herself), Miss Lee might be best known for her interpretation of the Davenport/Cooley composition "Fever" and the song written by her and Dave Barbour, "It's a Good Day".
She continued to perform into the 1990s and still mesmerized audiences and critics alike. As was the case with fellow musical legends Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, Lee turned to acting skills and showmanship as her voice diminished.
After years of poor health, Lee died from complications from diabetes and cardiac disease at the age of 81 in 2002.
She is survived by Nicki Lee Foster, her daughter with Dave Barbour. She is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California.