As coronavirus rages, a Vietnamese diva falls silent. But her legend lives on

Another fan, Mai-Phuong Nguyen, a physician from Huntington Beach, said Thai Thanh had a timeless voice “touching many generations.” When she was growing up in Fairfax, Va., her father constantly played the diva’s music. One recent morning, after the performer’s passing, Nguyen woke at 2 a.m. to hear the familiar songs blasting on ...