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How the Government Targeted “Strange Fruit” Singer Billie Holiday with Drug Arrests
The link between the song and the anti-drug agency may feel disjointed, except that FBN commissioner Harry Anslinger drew a direct correlation. “To Harry Anslinger, Billie Holiday was like the ...
Billie Holiday builds herself up, then melts down
It’s also the year of Holiday’s death at age 44, after years of alcohol and drug addiction. “Singing is living to me,” Billie ...
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Andra Day says she once had a sex and porn addiction, and that shaped her approach to 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday'
Billie Holiday." Day, who portrayed the iconic singer ... addiction doesn't affect your brain chemistry, unlike alcohol and drugs which can rewire your brain to depend on those substances.