July 17, 1959 –
You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave.
Billie Holiday died in a New York City hospital from cirrhosis of the liver after years of alcohol abuse, aged 43, (while under arrest for heroin possession, with Police officers stationed at the door to her room,) on this date.
The Haus of Dcaligari 