Confirmation of her death:
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainmen...1533012-n1.htm
Additionally, the birthplace we have listed is incorrect. According to Wikipedia and the source I listed above, this artist was born in occupied Seoul (it was called Kyōjō at the time) and moved to Nishinomiya with her family when she was 5. How am I supposed to represent this in the database?