Celestine Tate Harrington

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Celestine Tate Harrington ( - Feb. 25, 1998) was a quadriplegic street musician who was well known for playing the keyboard with her lips and tongue on the Atlantic City boardwalk.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Music 3 Death 4 References

[edit] Biography

Harrington was born with Arthrogryposis. In 1976, she won the right to raise her own daughter when she demonstrated in court how she could change a diaper using only her mouth.

In 1991 she was married to Roy Harrington, a casino maintenance worker. In 1996 she published a book, "Some Crawl and Never Walk."

[edit] Music

She learned to play the keyboard at Philadelphia's Settlement Music School and performed at the Atlantic City Boardwalk on a portable keyboard using her tongue.

[edit] Death

On February 19, 1998 she was struck by a car while riding down a city street on her motorized gurney She succumbed to her injuries on February 25, 1998. She was 42.

[edit] References

• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDD1630F934A35750C0A96E958260