Kathy Kirby

KATHY KIRBY d2011. English singer of the 1960s, reportedly the highest-paid female singer of her generation, best known for her cover version of Doris Days "Secret Love" and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest (finishing in second place). Her physical appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe. She retired from showbusiness in 1983. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was in poor physical and mental health for much of her life. Following her retirement, she lived in a series of apartments and hotels in West London, surviving on state benefits and some royalties and maintaining what has been called a "Garbo-esque" seclusion. She died on 19th May 2011 aged 72 after suffering a heart attack.