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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 19 > Wistful singer ‘GI Jo’ Stafford a troop favorite

Wistful singer ‘GI Jo’ Stafford a troop favorite

By Stephen Holden / The Bulletin
July 19, 2008

Jo Stafford, the wistful singing voice of the American home front during World War II and the Korean War, died Wednesday at her home in Century City, Calif. She was 90.

The cause of death was congestive heart failure, her son, Tim Weston, said Friday.

A favorite of American servicemen, Stafford....

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