Her husband Frank died in Washington D.C. in 1981. Legacy On 16 June 2018, 53 years after her death, a blue plaque was erected on the house in which she was born and lived as a child in Tooting, London, the third in that area of the city. On that occasion it was announced that the nearby Streatham & Clapham High School was introducing an annual scholarship award, the Sadie Crawford Music Scholarship, in memory of her pioneering musical activity. References External links 1885 births 1965 deaths People from Tooting People from the London Borough of Wandsworth People from Washington, D.C. Vaudeville performers Jazz dancers Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) British emigrants to the United States