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Known at the "High Priestess of Soul", Simone, originally from Tryon graduated from the Allen School for Girls in Asheville. She enjoyed a prolific career as a celebrated jazz musician and civil rights activist. In 2017, her childhood home in Tryon was purchased by a group of New York Black artists for restoration.