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Ethel Waters, Blues to Bliss, Dies at 80 By THEO WILSON Staff Correspondent of The News Los Angeles--Ethel Waters, an illegitimate child of the slums who became famous throughout the world as a blues singer, gospel singer and dramatic actress, died yesterday at the home of friends in nearby Chatsworth. She was 80. The great entertainer had been ill for more than a year, suffering from a weak heart, diabetes and high blood pressure. Miss Waters, deeply religious, had spent the last 20 years working for the Billy Graham Crusade, singing at evangelistic meetings in the United States, Europe and Asia. She was best known, however, as a nightclub singer who went on to star in Broadway musicals, dramas, movies and concerts around the world. 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