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Ginny Mancini (1924-2021)

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Marc Myers
Oct 28, 2021
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Ginny Mancini, the wife of the late composer-arranger Henry Mancini, a polished singer who was one of the original Mel-Tones, and an elegant and graceful woman who was as down to earth as she was charming, died on October 25. She was 97. [Photo above of Ginny Mancini courtesy of Ginny Mancini]


Ginny was a child of post-war optimism in Los Angeles and the…

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