A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another. Classified under: Nouns denoting people. Synonyms: heir; heritor; inheritor. Hypernyms (heir is a kind of...): receiver; recipient (a person who gets something)
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 17, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. Her parents were William and Temperance (Tempie); they divorced shortly after she was born. Ella and her mother moved to Yonkers, New York, where they eventually moved in with her mother s boyfriend, Joseph Da Silva.
awards and honors. Ella Fitzgerald, (born April 25, 1917, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.âdied June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, California), American singer who became world famous for the wide range and rare sweetness of her voice. She became an international legend during a career that spanned some six decades.