Editing Eva Cassidy (section)

==Illness and death==
In 1993, Cassidy had a [[malignant]] [[Nevus|mole]] removed from her back. Three years later, during a promotional event for the ''Live at Blues Alley'' album in July 1996, Cassidy noticed an ache in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting [[mural]]s while perched atop a stepladder.<ref name= echoes /> The pain persisted and [[X-ray]]s revealed a fracture. Further tests found that the [[cancer]] had spread (metastasized) to her bones, causing the fracture, as well as issues inside her lungs.<ref name="biography">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=eva-cassidy-p170437/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title = Eva Cassidy: Biography, Albums, Streaming Links | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[All Media Guide]] | first = Steve | last = Huey| access-date = June 10, 2017}}</ref> Her doctors estimated she had three to five months to live. Cassidy opted for aggressive treatment, but her health deteriorated rapidly.<ref name="biography"/> 

On September 17, 1996,<ref name="biography"/> at a benefit concert for her at [[The Bayou]], she made her final public appearance, closing the set with "[[What a Wonderful World]]" in front of an audience of family, friends, and fans. Additional chemotherapy was ineffective, and Cassidy died of [[melanoma]] on November 2, 1996, at her family's home in [[Bowie, Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/11/06/eva-cassidy-dies-at-33/b739b482-331d-40bd-9191-df668c305b10/|title=EVA CASSIDY DIES AT 33|newspaper=Washington Post|date=November 5, 1996}}</ref><ref name= wordmag /><ref name= echoes /><ref name= grabs>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05EEDC133AF931A2575BC0A9649C8B63 |title=In Death, A Shy Singer Finally Grabs The Spotlight; CD's Carry Eva Cassidy's Voice a Wider Audience |first=Alex |last=Ward |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 12, 2002 |access-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> In accordance with her wishes, her body was cremated and the ashes were scattered on the lake shores of [[St. Mary's River Watershed Park]], a nature reserve near [[Callaway, Maryland]].<ref name= wordmag />