Jazz and blues diva Simone dies at 70

LEGENDARY jazz and blues singer Nina Simone died at her home in southern France last night, her manager said. She was 70.

Ms Simone, who was born in North Carolina in the USA, was best known for her interpretation of “My Baby Just Cares for Me” in 1966 and “One Night Stand” a year later.

Her manager Clifton Henderson, who was at Ms Simone's bedside at her death, said she had been ill for some time and had died in her sleep of “natural causes.”