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Ann Dee Obituary

DEE, Ann (DE SPIRITO, Angela Maria) - 1920 - 2005. Ann Dee, of Ann's 440 Club, San Francisco fame, is credited with giving such entertainers as Johnny Mathis, Fran Jefferies, Lenny Bruce, T.C. Jones, Charles Pierce and many more their start. Ann passed March 22, 2005 in Joshua Tree, CA, where she resided. Ann Dee, a chanteuse; a cabaret, supper club and even a jazz singer recorded under Capitol Records label and was considered by her peers as a singer's singer. She is survived by her brother Lee and sister-in-law, Bebe De Spirito; nephew, John; niece, Debby Foley; and many loving friends.

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Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Mar. 31, 2005.

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Beverly Praiswater

April 11, 2005

A classy lady, a classic singer, a warm soul...you are all of these and more. Heaven surely must be rich with your beautiful voice now! We will miss you but will remember "rather than mourn the absence of the flame, let us celebrate how brightly it burned". Ann, your flame will always burn brightly in the memories of those who knew you. Sleep peacefully dear soul.

bradly briggs

April 9, 2005

Now the heavens have the most glorious lead singer in the Heavenly Choir!!! Ann was a soulful lady whom I have loved since we first became friends in the early seventies and I will miss her as will my partner Rodolfo. We traveled to see Ann in January and did not know that it would be our last visit...Ann had a wonderful pasta dish ready for our arrival with my favorite white wine...it was sublime as was our visit with my sweet friend...rest in peace dear friend and thank you for the thirty plus years of wonderful and loveing friendship!!!!! You have been The Sun In My Life!!!!! Love Always, Brad

laurie tiffany,&truman woolard

April 8, 2005

Dear Ann,How does one say goodbye to someone they love? Sorry you Didn'tget to meet Truman.I miss you Ann&love you ..I'll always think of the Ye Little Club..Sleep Well .....

Lee and Bibi De Spirito

April 7, 2005

My Beloved Sister "ANGIE".



Your family and even larger family of friends, spread through out the country and world, will miss your spirited love and abundantly shared generousity. You have trained and taught so many of us so well, that your influnence will impact, benifit and be felt for a multitude of generations. With you as my sister, the family I now have is more than a blood line alone would have bequithe as a heritage. I'll miss our little phone talks, discussions, and yes, even our occasional "little" differances, from which I never failed to learn another point of view.

I feel an inner calm and I am at ease with your moving onto THE STAIRWAY TO PARADISE, because I know who was there at your side waiting to embrace your soul,... our BELOVED grandmother, Maria. Give her a big hug and kiss from me.

I LOVE YOU.

Your "Brotch"

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