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Date of Birth
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10-December-1953
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Place of Birth
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Tacoma
(Pierce County, Washington, United States of America, Area code 253)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Dianne Schurr, Diane Shuur, Dianne Schuur, Diane Schur, Schuur, Diane
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Profession
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Singer, Jazz Pianist, Musician
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Diane Schuur is an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Deedles", she has won two Grammy Awards, headlined many of the world's most prestigious music venues, including Carnegie Hall and The White House and has toured the world performing with such greats as Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, B. B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Charles, Joe Williams and Stevie Wonder. Like Stevie Wonder, Schuur was blinded at birth due to retinopathy of prematurity.
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