Acquanetta [SEP] medical condition
or coffee. In 1987, the all-female band The Aquanettas adopted (and adapted) their name from hers. Acquanetta succumbed to complications of Alzheimer's disease on August 16, 2004, at Hawthorn Court in Ahwatukee, Arizona. She was 83. Acquanetta's obituary inspired the composer Michael Gordon to collaborate with librettist Deborah Artman on the opera, "Acquanetta" (2005/2017). Produced by Beth Morrison Projects, the chamber version received its world premiere at the Prototype Festival in Brooklyn, NY, in January, 2018
Acquanetta
Acquanetta (born Mildred Davenport; July 17, 1921 – August 16, 2004), nicknamed "The Venezuelan Volcano," was an American B-movie actress during the 1940s and 1950s. Acquanetta was most known for her exotic beauty.
Early years.
The facts of Acquanetta's origins are not known with certainty. Although accounts differ (some giving her birth-name as Mildred Davenport, from Norristown, Pennsylvania), Acquanetta claimed she was born Burnu Acquanetta, meaning "Burning Fire/Deep Water