Eva Cassidy

Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 - November 2, 1996) was an American singer, vocalist and musician. She was born in Washington, D.C. to a German immigrant mother and father of Scottish-Irish ancestry. She performed pop, country and jazz music. In 1992, she released her first album, The Other Side.

Cassidy died in Bowie, Maryland, of malignant melanoma, aged thirty-three.