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* Nina Simone, singer, pianist, composer, and activist, was born Eunice Waymon at 30 East Livingston Street in Tryon.

She took piano lessons from Mrs. Mazzanovich who lived in Gillette Woods.

Zenos Frudakis created a bronze monument which was dedicated on her birthday, February 21, 2010.