Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, has died

Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter, and producer, has died at age 70. Her death was confirmed by Hinds County coroner Jeramiah Howard in Jackson, Mississippi, where she was born on December 4, 1955. While a cause of death was not immediately revealed, the musician was previously recognized as America's best singer by Time magazine in 2001. Wilson's father was a bassist, contributing to her lifelong musical legacy in the jazz genre.