HELEN CASH JACKSON

JACKSON, HELEN CASH - passed away on May 27th after a long illness from cancer. She was born in Atlantic City on November 5th, 1942, and graduated from Atlantic City High School. She then graduated from Drake University and received a Masters in music from the Eastman School of Music at University of Rochester. She worked with legendary newsman Gil Noble, on the TV show "Like It Is" and won an Emmy in '68/'69 for outstanding program achievement. In 1964, Jackson became part of the staff of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and ran their Special Arts Program for more than 25 years. Her husband, is R&B recording artist Chuck Jackson, and she is survived by him, her brother Robert Cash and her nephew and nieces. Her late sister was the renowned actress of stage and film, Rosalind Cash, and her late brother, Colonel John A. Cash, a military historian. Her memorial service was held on Wednesday, June 5th at Benta's on Nicholas Avenue in New York City, and was attended by her colleagues and her husbands friends which included Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick and Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson.