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[…]

by Chuck Haga Minneapolis Star-Tribune, January 24, 2002 She was “Fever” hot and “Is That All There Is?” cool. She came out of North Dakota in the 1930s, claimed a world stage and held it for decades, swinging with Benny Goodman when Goodman was king. Born to the Jazz Age,[…]

Excerpt from “City of Angles” column Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2002 There were roses on every flat surface. Swinging tunes from a five-piece jazz band filled the place. White-coated waiters passed hors d’oeuvres to guests who wore diamonds and furs. This was Peggy Lee’s last party. On a 70-degree[…]

Jazz Diva, Dead At 81, Left Indelible Memories With Her Sultry Sound by Owen McNally Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, January 23, 2002 You had only to hear Peggy Lee one time for her sultry sound, fluid phrasing and silken way with lyrics to become an indelible part of your musical memory[…]

by Thomas W. Evans Chicago Sun-Times, January 25, 2002 A sad item in the news brought back high school days, staying up later than I probably should have listening to Dave Garroway playing classic jazz records on late-night radio. The show always closed around midnight with Peggy Lee seductively intoning[…]