Judy Garland is deceased.
Judy Garland ( born Frances Ethel Gumm ; June 10 , 1922 -- June 22 , 1969 ) was an American singer , actress , and vaudevillian . In 1997 , Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . She also had a long addiction with drugs and alcohol , which ultimately led to her death from a barbiturate overdose at the age of 47 .