She was not on the list.
Predeceased by her parents Mae and Ziggy Jankowski and her brother Gregory. Married Sal Russo in 1965. Twin sons Anthony and Joseph. Grandson Anthony.
Linda was the lead singer of The Angels, an all-female group, in the early sixties. She sang under the name Linda Jansen. Later in life Linda had her own version of The Angels called Linda Jansen's Angels. She performed with her husband at various venues on the East Coast.
A private memorial service will be held to celebrate her life.
With Barbara and Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut, formed The Angels (1961), one of most successful early 1960s girl groups; she left group and was replaced by Peggy Santiglia McCannon (1962).
The group originated in New Jersey as the Starlets which consisted of sisters Barbara "Bibs" and Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut, Bernadette Carroll, and Lynda Malzone. They had minor local hits and wound up doing back-up work in the studio. When Malzone left, Linda Jansen became the new lead singer. Their manager, Tom DeCillis, turned his focus to Bernadette Carroll and dropped the rest of the group. Carroll would find solo success in 1964 with her Laurie Records single "Party Girl". After a failed attempt at a record deal with producer Gerry Granahan, the Allbut sisters turned their focus to education: Phyllis was in teacher's college at the time and Barbara was accepted into the Juilliard School for her abilities as a musical arranger. Soon Granahan, who had previously rejected the group, saw hit potential in the song they had performed for him in their audition, a version of "Till", and wanted them to record it in the studio. "Till" became their first single under their new name, the Angels, and also their first hit (No. 14 US) when it was released by Granahan's Caprice label in 1962. The song was followed up with a second national hit, "Cry Baby Cry". The Angels had one album on Caprice, titled ...And the Angels Sing, in 1962.
Jansen left the group in late 1962 to go solo and was replaced by Peggy Santiglia, formerly of The Delicates (with Denise Ferri and Arleen Lanzotti).
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