Claim: Judy Garland was dead in 1997 when she was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Evidence: In 1997 , Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Judy Garland -LRB- born Frances Ethel Gumm ; June 10 , 1922 -- June 22 , 1969 -RRB- was an American singer , actress , and vaudevillian.