Global Soprano Opera Legend Jessye Norman Dies at 74

Global Soprano Opera Legend Jessye Norman Dies at 74
Jessye Norman poses on the red carpet during The 36th Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, on Dec. 8, 2013. Kris Connor/Getty Images
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Jessye Norman, a heralded soprano opera singer who won four Grammy Awards and the National Medal of Arts in the United States, has died at the age of 74, her family says.

Norman died in New York on Monday morning from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she had sustained in 2015, according to the statement.