**The US singer and actress Lena Horne has died in New York at the age of 92.**Renowned for her beauty and sultry voice, Ms Horne battled racism to become Hollywood’s first black sex symbol.
In 1943, she played Selina Rogers in the all-black film musical Stormy Weather, the title song of which was to be a major hit and her signature tune.
Her career spanned more than 60 years. Later she embraced activism and became a voice for civil rights in the US.
When asked about her success, Ms Horne once said: "I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept.
“I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked.”
In 1981, her one-woman show, the award-winning The Lady and her Music, based on her life and career, ran for more than a year on Broadway and in London.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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