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Marguerite Piazza 1926-2012

Soprano, television personality and fundraiser Marguerite Piazza died yesterday.

By La Cieca on August 03, 2012 at 10:39 AM

Soprano, television personality and fundraiser Marguerite Piazza died yesterday. The diva, whom Variety called “an opera star who knows how to please both the longhairs and the crew cuts,” was 86. [The Commercial Appeal]

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Soprano, television personality and fundraiser Marguerite Piazza died yesterday.

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