raised by Clarke's brother and his wife. During her time with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, she became addicted to heroin and in the late 1950s had an affair with the comedian Lenny Bruce, who was also having drug problems. By 1960, Carol Sloane was substituting for her on tour. After a performance by the trio in London in May 1962, she remained in London to confront her drug addiction. In 1963, she married actor Sean Lynch; they divorced in 1975, and he died in a car crash soon afterwards. By that time, she had also lost her home and declared bankruptcy. She became a United States citizen in 2001. Ross died in New York City on 21 July 2020 from emphysema and heart disease, four days before her 90th birthday. Awards and honours Ross received the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame award (2009), the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters' Award (2010), and the MAC Award for Lifetime Achievement (2011). In July 2006 a one-woman play entitled TWISTED: The Annie Ross Story by Brian McGeachan premiered at The Space Theatre in London, starring Verity Quade. It focused on her stormy relationship with her aunt, Broadway legend Ella Logan, her brief affair with the comedian Lenny Bruce and her addiction to heroin. The play transferred to the Brockley Jack Theatre in London that same year, with Ross being played by Betsy Pennington. A documentary about Ross's life, entitled No One But Me, premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival in 2012. Discography New Sounds from France with Jack Dieval, James Moody (Prestige, 1950) Annie by Candlelight with Tony Crombie (Pye, Nixa, 1956) Cranks with John Cranko, John Addison (His Master's Voice, 1956) Gypsy with Buddy Bregman (World Pacific, 1959) A Gasser! with Zoot Sims (World Pacific, 1959) Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! with Gerry Mulligan (World Pacific, 1959) Sings a Handful of Songs (Ember, 1963) Loguerhythms: Songs from the Establishment with Tony Kinsey (Transatlantic, 1963) Portrait of Annie Ross (Pye, 1965) Recorded at the Tenth German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt with Pony Poindexter (SABA, 1966) Fill My Heart with Song (Decca, 1968) Singin' 'n' Swingin with Dorothy Dunn, Shelby Davis (Savoy, 1969) You and Me Baby (Decca, 1971) In Hoagland with Hoagy Carmichael, Georgie Fame (Bald Eagle, 1981) Like Someone in Love (Bulldog, 1983) Music Is Forever (DRG, 1996) Live in London (Harkit, 2003) To Lady with Love (Red