09 Apr 10 Kenneth McKellar Takes The High Road
Kenneth McKellar, tenor singer, who was well known in Scotland, and indeed around the world for his adaptions of traditional Scottish songs, particularly those of Robert Burns, has died at his daughters home in the United States.
Mr McKellar was 82. His death came very quickly, only a week after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
He made numerous television appearances, and he represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966.
He also made classical recordings such as Handel’s Messiah.
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09 Jan 09 The Passing Of The Legend Of Xanadu
Dave Dee, who fronted 60′s pop band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, has died from cancer at the age of 65. They were still performing together as a band, and were due to play more concerts betwen now and Easter.
Their 1968 hit ‘The Legend of Xanadu’ went to Number 1 in the UK, and they had a string of other hits such as ‘Bend It’, ‘Hold Tight’ and Zabadak.
Dave is survived by his wife and two children.
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25 Dec 08 He Wrote The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Harold Pinter, who wrote many classic plays, but is probably best known outside the theater for the script of the film “The French Lieutenant’s Woman, has died from cancer of the oesophagus at the age of 78.
He was a major figure in British Theater from the 1950′s
He was awarded a CBE in 1966, turned down a later knighthood, became a Companion of Honour in 2002, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, and had been due to pick up an honorary degree earlier this month from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London but had to cancel due to illness.
He is survived by his wife, Lady Antonia Fraser.
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