Jazz singer Nina Simone has died at her home in France. “Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, N.C., had hit songs ranging from blues to spirtuals to classical fare. But she gained fame in 1959 with her recording of ‘I Loves You Porgy,’ from the musical ‘Porgy & Bess’. She later became a voice of the civil rights movement, with her song ‘Mississippi Goddam,’ and later, ‘To Be Young, Gifted and Black’.”