Jean Murai
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Jean Murai (April 11, 1913 — September 28, 2007) was a Greenwich Village-based New York City folksinger and activist.
Born into a working-class family in Brooklyn, Murai received a B.A. in languages and a Master's in psychology at Hunter College. She also studied piano, dancing and singing. As a child, she learned Yiddish folk songs, later adding songs from countries such as Haiti, Cuba, Spain and France. She recorded a popular album of music, "Mama, I Want a Husband".
She died, aged 94, at Cabrini Hospice in New York City on September 28, 2007, following a stroke.[1] Murai was twice married, but had no children.
References
- ^ "Obituary for Jean Murai". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
External links
- Biodata
- Bryn Mawr bulletin Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Article about Murai Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- 1913 births
- 2007 deaths
- 20th-century American Jews
- American socialists
- Hunter College alumni
- Singers from New York (state)
- Singers from Brooklyn
- Musicians from Manhattan
- People from Greenwich Village
- 20th-century American singers
- Activists from New York (state)
- 20th-century American women singers
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American women
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