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Dusty Springfield
British pop singer (1939–1999).
Born April 16th, 1939 in London. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1999 at 59 years old in Henley-on-Thames (breast cancer). [ref]
British singer Dusty Springfield, best known for her hits "I Only Wanna Be with You" and "Son of a Preacher Man", died on 1999-03-02. She was 59 years old. Springfield had battled cancer in the past, and she succumbed to the disease again in 1999. She is survived by her three children.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel