Lynsey de Paul

LYNSEY DE PAUL d2014. English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK Top10 single "Sugar Me", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a No1 with a self-written song (in 1972 in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands and in 1973 in Malaysia). She represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with Mike Moran coming second with "Rock Bottom". She was a two time Ivor Novello Award -winning composer, record producer, actress and television celebrity. She died of a brain haemorrhage aged 66 in London on October 1st 2014