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GRACE JONES, 73 YEARS OLD

If you think Grace Jones has been away from the limelight, the iconic singer-songwriter is still active in the business. The now-73-year-old star is one of the greatest figures in the music world, serving as an inspiration to many artists of today, like Lady Gaga, Annie Lennox, Lorde, and more. Her new wave style of music has been praised by many since the 1980s until this time. Jones is even lauded for her influence on the cross-dressing movement and has received numerous honors here and there.

She is one of VH1’s 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999 and Billboard magazine’s 40th greatest dance club artists of all time in 2016. Jones also has several movie credits, starring in some low-budget US movies during the 1970s and the early 1980s until she made it to the mainstream. Today, the last known news of the singer is that she received the Order of Jamaica from the Jamaican government in 2018.

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