football games. Piazza was celebrated for her extensive efforts regarding various charities, especially the annual Marguerite Piazza Gala. On January 15, 1973, the Willis Music Company published Marguerite Piazza's Christmas Carol Sing-Along Party. Piazza's autobiography (co-authored with her daughter, Marguerite Bonnett), Pagliacci Has Nothing on Me!, was published in 2007 (). Piazza was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2016, becoming the first opera singer to be honored by the organization. Personal life On the advice of Armando Agnini, she adopted her mother's maiden name (Piazza) professionally. Piazza was married four times. She was widowed three times and divorced once. She had six children; one of her sons died by suicide. Marguerite Piazza died in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 2, 2012, aged 92, from congestive heart failure, and was survived by her five children and large extended family. References Additional sources Marshall, Keith. (2013), The Devil Made Her: Opera Star Marguerite Piazza and the Virgilians, The "Mardi Gras Guide" (pamphlet). External links Marguerite Piazza Collection at the Great American Songbook Foundation Marguerite Piazza Papers at Loyola University New Orleans 1920 births 2012 deaths American operatic sopranos American people of Italian descent American television personalities American women television personalities Musicians from New Orleans Writers from New Orleans Writers from Tennessee Musicians from Memphis, Tennessee Loyola University New Orleans alumni Louisiana State University alumni Singers from Louisiana 21st-century American women