African-American dancer Josephine Baker dies on this day in 1975. Baker, born in 1906 in St. Louis, was stranded in Paris in 1925 when a show in which she was performing went bankrupt. She landed a dancing job in the Folies Bergere, where her dancing and skimpy costumes became an instant hit with Parisian audiences. In France, Baker was considered the epitome of the jazz era, and French fans continued to adore her for 50 years.
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