Gail Lumet Buckley

Gail Horne Jones Lumet Buckley (December 21, 1937 – July 18, 2024) was an American journalist and author.

Early life and education Gail Horne Jones was the only daughter of the singer and actress Lena Horne and political activist Louis Jordan Jones. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but spent time in New York and California. She was raised Catholic.

Death Gail Lumet Buckley died on July 18, 2024, at her home in Santa Monica, California, aged 86, from heart failure. She was survived by her two daughters (from her first marriage), Jenny and Amy, as well as two grandchildren, including Jake Cannavale.

Books The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm (2001) The Hornes: An American Family (1986) Radical Sanctity: Race and Radical Women in the American Catholic Church (2023)