A great operal singer and a great arts administrator, this Brooklyn girl died today. She was borni n 1929 in Crown Heights, went to PS 91 and later went to Erasmus Hall High School.

After she retired from singing, she ran the New York City Opera for a decade. Later, she
assumed the volunteer post of chairman of Lincoln Center in New York
City from 1994 to 2002. Later she  accepted the volunteer
post of chairman of the Metropolitan Opera.

I found this pix on Rosie O’Donnell’s Flickr page.