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# Singer, Kathy Kirby dies aged 72
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## Kirby was a popular singing star of the 1960s, with two Top 10 hits. Her
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biggest and best-known hit was a dramatically overwrought cover version of
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Secret Love.
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7:37PM BST 20 May 2011
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In 1965 she represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest with
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I Belong, coming second to Luxembourg.
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Her voluptuous blonde looks led to comparisons with Marilyn Monroe; her lip
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gloss and powerful, pitch-perfect voice became her trademarks.
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In 1963 she was acclaimed Top British Female Singer in a New Musical Express
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poll.
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But her career imploded following the death of her mentor and lover, the
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bandleader Bert Ambrose, in 1971.
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She made her last major public singing appearance on a television special in
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the early 1980s.
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