Koko Taylor was an iconic figure in Chicago — a Picasso for the people, a tower of blues power.

And no one will forget her gold-toothed smile that stretched from the North Side to the South Side. She was a radiant “Queen of the Blues” from New York City to Hollywood, where David Lynch cast her in his film “Wild At Heart.”

To read more about this Chicago Blues Icon’s life check out the Chicago Sun Times.

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