Birth Name: Melanie Janene Thornton
Date of Birth: May 13, 1967
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Date of Death: November 24, 2001
Place of Death: Bassersdorf, Switzerland
Ethnicity: African-American
Melanie Thornton was an American singer. She was the lead singer of the group La Bouche.
Melanie was the daughter of Ida Delores and Julius Caesar Thornton.
Melanie’s paternal grandparents were Ernest Sylvester Thornton and Nancy M. Coleman.
Source: Obituary of Melanie Thornton – https://www.findagrave.com