This one gives a more sensible birth date, 1924. An obit sent out the other day had her age as 85 but born in 1927, which is what's in the encyclopedias..again, knocking a few years off your age and what for? So she could be 17 when she recorded with Duke? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/arts/music/09sherrill.html?emc=eta1 dl