Remembering Jessye Norman, Diahann Carroll

Jessye Norman was the American opera singer who emerged from Georgia to become one of the world’s foremost operatic sopranos. She specialized in German operas, but later branched out into other operatic forms and then into popular music. She won several Grammys for her recording of Wagner. Diahann Carroll was the beautiful and talented actress who starred in movies, Broadway and television. She was originally a singer but branched out into acting and was the star of the groundbreaking sitcom “Julia” (1968-1971), where she played a single working mother. She later went on to a widely acclaimed role in “Dynasty” 1984-1987