{"id":1057,"date":"2010-05-10T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T11:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/05\/remembering-lena-horne.html"},"modified":"2010-05-10T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T11:03:12","slug":"remembering-lena-horne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/05\/remembering-lena-horne.html","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Lena Horne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The great Lena Horne died yesterday at age 92, God bless her jazzy, sultry voice and perfectly pearly teeth.&nbsp; In memory of her, please enjoy this moving, beautiful rendition of &#8220;It&#8217;s Not Easy Being Green,&#8221; sung on Sesame Street to cheer up a rather glum Kermit the Frog.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Green is the color of spring, and green can be cool and friendly-like&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>R.I.P. 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