Eva Cassidy

Birth Name:
Eva Marie Cassidy
Birth Date:
February 2, 1963
Birth Place:
Washington, D.C.
Death Date:
November 2, 1996
Place of Death:
Bowie, Maryland
Age:
33
Cause of Death:
Melanoma cancer
Cemetery Name:
Cremated
Claim to Fame:
Music
Eva Cassidy was a powerful, soulful singer and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music whose meteoric rise to fame happened only after her passing from melanoma cancer at the young age of 33.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cremated

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North America

Map:

Grave Location:

St. Mary's River State Park, Callaway, Maryland

Grave Location Description

Her ashes were scattered on the lake shores of St. Mary’s River State Park in Maryland located at Camp Cosoma  Road at Callaway, Maryland

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Videos Featuring Eva Cassidy:
Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow
Eva Cassidy - Songbird
Eva Cassidy: Timeless Voice (Documentary)

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