This item Amelia was in a Gay Newspaper and is not accurate - first she was admitted to the hospital, this is a matter of record in library of congress. She was a black lesbian which most certainly did nt endear her to many in that day and age and today would still raise a few eyebrows. This is a description of her by those who liked her. Will see if I can find the story - they rearended a truck, were taken to a hospital but she had lost too much blood - her arm had been crushed and other injuries......item stated that the stories re white hospitals not treating her were not true. Knew a lot of poor whites in my day, but they were not obscene just because they were poor. Saba Content This month's video includes Greg Louganis Ashcroft tapped Coats passed over Transition update Leaner times NY Boy Scouts group urges 'review' Outlook bleak for inmate Task Force grapples with criticism Pro-Gay immigration bill left untouched by Congress New health privacy regulations to help Gays, too Legal Briefs Nation >From Jeff Stryker to Al Gore GayGate has Daily Streaming Video! Alexander the Great To Bette Davis GayGate has... Daily Caricatures Daily History Daily News Daily Reason to Be Gay (pictures of her under subject matter you can pull up) Empress of the Blues. That was Bessie Smith, a singer of absolutely no delicacy. Hell, she didn't need it. She had oceans of talent, confidence, and a pair of lungs that could send a song hurtling to the back of any house without amplification. A mean drunk and vicious street fighter, she was also a voracious lesbian who wasn't above devouring any man she took a fancy to. Listen to "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" or "Empty Bed Blues." It's all there. Bessie died an ugly death, in Mississippi, hemorrhaging from an auto accident. Details vary, but most agree that the white hospitals turned her away. And an empress was allowed to die a like a dog in the road.
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