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Kathy Kirby
Person

Kathy Kirby

Specialty
Acting
Birth
October 20, 1938 · 72 years
Death
May 19, 2011
Origin
Ilford, Essex, England, UK

Professional Trajectory

Kathy Kirby (born Catherine Ethel O'Rourke; 20 October 1938 – 20 May 2011) was an English singer, best known for her cover version of Doris Day's 'Secret Love' and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, where she finished in second. Her popularity peaked in the 1960s, when she was one of the best-known and most-recognised personalities in British show business.

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