by David Millward Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee, the husky-voiced jazz singer who oozed sex appeal and artistry in equal measure, has died aged 81. Lee, who had a stroke three years ago, suffered a heart attack at her home in Bel Air, California, Nicki Lee Foster,[…]

Singer-composer known for hits, film scores, B’way by Richard Natale Variety, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee, the singer-composer whose husky, seductive voice brought a distinctive touch to such pop hits as “Why Don’t You Do Right,” “Fever” and “Is That All There Is?,” died Monday at her Bel Air home.[…]

by Bill Smith USA Today, January 24, 2002 As a devotee of the big-band era, I was saddened to read about the death of Peggy Lee (“Peggy Lee’s smoky voice falls silent, but endures,” Life, Wednesday). After leaving North Dakota at age 17, Lee had her first big break in[…]

Dubbed ‘the Queen’ by Duke Ellington, the indomitable Miss Peggy Lee and her smoky voice set the standard in swing by Gayle MacDonald (with files from the Associated Press) Toronto Globe & Mail, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee’s voice was small, encompassing little more than an octave and a half.[…]

by Don Freeman San Diego Union-Tribune, January 25, 2002 Peggy Lee is gone now, dead at 81, and I am thinking of how hauntingly exquisite her singing was, how achingly personal. She had a midnight intimacy when she sang and she created an unfathomable mystery that would cut deep into[…]

by Dan DeLuca Philadelphia Inquirer, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee, the enduring and influential singer and composer who exuded a subtle, smoldering sexuality and whose hits “Fever” and “Is That All There Is” became standards, has died. She was 81. According to her daughter, Nicki Lee Foster, Lee died of[…]