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$6m raised to preserve Nina Simone’s childhood home

Nina Simone in concert at l’Olympia in Paris, on Oct 22, 1991. (Photo: AFP)

NEW YORK: An art auction and New York gala have raised nearly US$6 million to preserve and restore the childhood home of soul music legend and civil rights activist Nina Simone, organisers said Tuesday.

The twin events brought in some $5.88 million — far more than the original $2 million organisers hoped to raise to restore the rural North Carolina abode.

“The new funding will meaningfully advance our project goals to complete the full restoration of the…

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