Folk icon Odetta dies at 77; last performed here in '03

Posted: Dec. 3, 2008 7:44 a.m.

Odetta, the folk singer whose powerful voice influenced performers from Harry Belafonte to Bob Dylan, has died. She was 77.

Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Odetta is sometimes featured during Jazz 101/ College Daze Revisted.