One of the most acclaimed Broadway singers has sadly passed away at the age of 89

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2013 file photo, Barbara Cook arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner in Washington. Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway's leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died. She was 89. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

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Rest in peace, Barbara Cook.

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The singer who was one of Broadway’s leading ingenues and cabaret performers passed away in her Manhattan home at the age of 89. Her rep, Amanda Kaus, confirmed the news to NBC New York on Tuesday that she died of respiratory failure.

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Cook was the star of several Broadway musicals including “The Music Man,” “She Loves Me” and “Candide.” The New York Post reports that her Broadway career sadly ended in the early 1970s when she began struggling with depression, alcoholism and weight gain. In the 80s, Cook reinvented herself and made a comeback in the 80s as Sally in the concert version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies.”

Her career spanned nearly six decades and she will be missed.

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