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Pittsburgh funk music icon Betty Davis remembered: ‘She was bold’

Shirley McMarlin
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Pioneering funk musician Betty Davis, seen in a photo from about 1970, died Feb. 9, in Homestead at 77.
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Funk musician Betty Davis, who spent much of her life in Pittsburgh, is remembered as a role model for subsequent generations of Black women musicians.
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Danielle Maggio of Garfield, who worked on “Betty — They Say I’m Different," a documentary about pioneering funk musician Betty Davis, regarded Davis as a mentor and friend.

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