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      • Wilhelmenia Fernandez (sometimes billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez; January 5, 1949 – February 2, 2024) was an American soprano. She appeared in Diva, the 1981 film by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, credited as "Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez".
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    Wilhelmenia Fernandez (sometimes billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez; January 5, 1949 – February 2, 2024) was an American soprano. She appeared in Diva, the 1981 film by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, credited as "Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez". [1]

  4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/02/14 › artsWilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the Diva of ‘Diva,’ Dies at 75

    Feb 14, 2024 · Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, a South Philadelphia-bred soprano who sang in the opera houses of Europe and gained even more fame for playing the title role in the style-soaked 1981 French...

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  6. www.legacy.com › news › celebrity-deathsWilhelmenia Fernandez obituary: acclaimed operatic soprano ...

    Feb 15, 2024 · Wilhelmenia Fernandez, acclaimed operatic soprano who toured the world and star of the 1981 cult classic Diva, died February 2 of cancer in Lexington, Kentucky, at the age of 75.

  7. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/02/16Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, soprano who starred in ‘Diva ...

    Feb 16, 2024 · Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, an American soprano who had recently established herself as an opera singer in real life when she was cast by a French director to play one on-screen in the 1981...

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  9. operawire.com › obituary-diva-soprano-wilhelmeniaObituary: ‘Diva’ Soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez Dies at 75

    Feb 6, 2024 · Soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez has died at the age of 75. Born in Philadelphia in 1949, Fernandez studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts and later at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.

  10. www.inquirer.com › obituaries › wilhelmenia-wigginsSoprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the diva in “Diva ...

    Feb 6, 2024 · Famed South Philadelphia soprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, star of ‘Diva,’ dies at 75. Even when she lived ‘incognito,’ neighbors opened their windows to hear her practicing — and asked her not to stop. Wilhelmenia Fernandez in the movie "Diva," 1981. Read more Alamy Stock Photo. by Peter Dobrin and David Patrick Stearns.

  11. www.telegraph.co.uk › obituaries › 2024/03/06Wilhelmenia Fernandez, opera singer who starred in the ...

    Mar 6, 2024 · Wilhelmenia Fernandez, who has died of cancer aged 75, was an American soprano best known to European audiences for her performance in the title role of Diva (1981), Jean-Jacques Beineix’s...