BY JOANNA C. VALENTE

Doris Day, Hollywood icon and one of the world’s best singers, died at 97 of pneumonia today. To commemorate her life and artistic contributions, I rounded up some of my favorite musical moments.

This compilation puts together her lost duets:

And this is a wonderful compilation of her best hits. My favorite is “It’s Magic.”

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams, The Gods Are Dead, Marys of the Sea, Sexting Ghosts, Xenos, No(body) (forthcoming, Madhouse Press, 2019), and is the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault. They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Them, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente / FB: joannacvalente