Lady Sings in Glasses

 spectacled birthday

Billie Holiday, tormented and ravaged but resilient jazz diva (7 April 1915 – 17 July 1959). All these decades later her hauntingly soulful voice still incites goose-bumps.

Gregory Peck

 spectacled birthday

With a ball point pen, nevertheless. Savage.

Marguerite Duras

 spectacled birthday

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.