Stretch of Prairie Avenue renamed for jazz singer Dinah Washington

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A stretch of a Chicago street is now named for jazz singer Dinah Washington.

Friday would have been her 90th birthday. She died in 1963 at the age of 39.

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Musicians and other fans gathered to mark the honorary naming of Prairie Avenue in front of Wendell Phillips Academy High School, where she attended classes.