Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died July 2 of cancer, ...

NEW YORK (AP) _ Some people called her Bubbles. Others knew her as ``the diva next door.’' But to most of the world, Brooklyn-born soprano Beverly Sills was America’s first prima donna _ a child star ...

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NEW YORK -- Beverly Sills, the opera diva who won fans worldwide with her sparkling voice and charming personality and later became a powerhouse in the New York arts world, is gravely ill with cancer.

NEW YORK Some people called her Bubbles. Others knew her as "the diva next door." But to most of the world, Brooklyn-born soprano Beverly Sills was America's first prima donna a child star who sang ...

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