1946 - 1971
Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton
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Lennie Hayton and Lena Horne were married for 23 years before Lennie Hayton died aged 63.
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American Singer Lena Horne was born Lena Mary Calhoun Horne on 30th June, 1917 in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA and passed away on 9th May 2010 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA aged 92. She is most remembered for Cabin In The Sky (movie) Jazz singer, Stormy Weather. Her zodiac sign is Cancer.
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Relationship Statistics
Status | Duration | Length |
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Dating | 1946 - 14th Dec 1947 |
1 year, 11 months
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Married | 14th Dec 1947 - 24th Apr 1971 |
23 years, 4 months
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Total |
1946 -
24th Apr 1971
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25 years, 3 months
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(14 December 1947 - 24 April 1971) (his death)
Lena Horne`s second marriage was to Lennie Hayton, a Jewish American, from 1947 until his death in 1971. Hayton was one of the premier musical conductors and arrangers at MGM. In her as-told-to autobiography Lena by Richard Schickel, Horne recounts the enormous pressures she and her husband faced as an interracial married couple. They also had the distinction of enjoying one of Hollywood’s longest lasting marriages, unique because it was also an interracial one. They were married in 1947, a union that lasted up until his death in 1971. Throughout the marriage, Hayton also acted as Horne’s music director.
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