Eva Cassidy - What a Wonderful World

In 1993, Cassidy had a malignant mole removed from her back. Three years later, during a promotional event for the Live at Blues Alley album in July 1996, Cassidy noticed an ache in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals while perched atop a stepladder. The pain persisted and a few weeks later, X-rays revealed that the melanoma had spread to her lungs and bones. Her doctors estimated she had three to five months to live. Cassidy opted for aggressive treatment, but her health deteriorated rapidly. In her final public performance in September 1996, at the Bayou, she closed the set with "What a Wonderful World" in front of an audience of friends, fans and family. She was subsequently admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Cassidy died at her family home in Bowie, November 2, 1996, at the age of 33. She was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Washington Area Music Association. In accordance with her wishes, Cassidy's body was cremated. Her ashes were scattered on the lake shores of St. Mary's River Watershed Park, a nature reserve near California, Maryland.(Wikipedia)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Eva
• Cassidy

[wisewonder52]

when eva sang this, louis smiled....

[DougStoneent]

Performers come and go. So few are the genuine article. There are talents that would be recognized and treasured in any era and she is one of them. Eva Cassidy reaches right into the heart of the listener. Thank you to everyone who ever recorded her live so we can share these magnificent performances. Soul, soul, soul. She makes this song hers. And when a song belonged to Louis Armstrong making it your own is no small feat.

[cathiefredrickson]

Amazing!!!!!!! Such a precious soul!!!

[bebelpequeno]

What a voice! So beautiful!!

Favorited!

Bel.

[kylerk12345]

Something very interesting she was actually a very very shy person.

[anewktchen]

I only recently found the wonderful sound of Eva and have been enjoying her music ever since.

[nataaliies]

rest in peace <3

you have such a lovely voice and you seemed to be a very nice person. Love you´r music <3

[littlemikey1954]

@toughcup Yet she KNEW what was in store for her. She knew that her chances of surviving her melanoma were close to zero. So she went down like a true trooper, determined to leave beauty behind. R.I.P. Eva

[MISTY637]

and I think to myself what a wonderful VOICE!

[capitanzach]

This haunts my dreams

[MrFalcon61]

Just beautiful

[brelfan]

I don't really feel for the Whitney Houstons. Hard to feel sympathy for those given so much, who live carelessly. But this lady... dreamt of her a whole night about a month ago. In one dream she was angry at me. She might have shaken the bed. But she came to me, if you believe in the ghost thing (I'm of mixed minds. I wouldn't believe in them if I didn't see and hear them), she buzzed in my ear like ghosts do and told me it wasn't her. She wouldn't do that. Maybe she's still around.