It's a sad day today.

Rosemary Clooney was an inspirational role model for me when I first started singing jazz standards (late 80's). I've always admired her wonderful sense of vocal 'phrasing and 'timing', both conversational & believable . . . one of the marks of a great singer. Ms.Clooney is a singer who will be greatly missed. Thankfully she will live on forever in her music.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/06/29/obituary0021EDT0139.DTL

Scott