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| − | | caption = Lena Zavaroni at age 10 in front of a miniature of the Peace Palace in Madurodam (1974). |
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| − | | birth_name = Lena Hilda Zavaroni |
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| − | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|11|4|df=yes}} |
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| − | | birth_place = [[Greenock]], [[Inverclyde]], [[Scotland]] |
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| − | | origin = [[Rothesay, Argyll and Bute|Rothesay]], Isle of Bute, Scotland |
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| − | | occupation = Singer |
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| − | | years_active = 1974–1986 |
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| − | '''Lena Hilda Zavaroni'''<ref>The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. From the earliest times to 2004. Edited by Elizabeth Ewan, Sue Innes and Sian Reynolds. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2006.</ref> (4 November 1963 – 1 October 1999) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] child singer and a television show host. With her album ''Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me)'' at ten years of age, she is the youngest person in history to have an album in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart. Later in life she hosted TV shows and appeared on stage. From the age of 13 Lena suffered from anorexia nervosa which became clinical depression two years later at the age of 15. Lena died at the age of 35 from pneumonia. |
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| − | ==Life and career== |
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| − | ===Early life=== |
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| − | Lena was born in [[Greenock]] and grew up in the small town of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute with musical parents, who owned a fish and chip shop. Father Victor Zavaroni played the guitar, mother Hilda sang, and Lena herself sang from the age of two. Her grandfather immigrated from Italy.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/463512.stm |title=UK | Child star Lena dies at 35 |publisher=BBC News |date=1999-10-02 |accessdate=2013-07-31}}</ref> |
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| − | She was discovered in the summer of 1973 by record producer Tommy Scott, who was on holiday in Rothesay and heard her singing with her father and uncle in a band. Scott contacted impresario Phil Solomon, which led to his partner Dorothy Solomon's becoming Lena's manager. |
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| − | In 1974 Lena appeared on ''Opportunity Knocks'' hosted by Hughie Green and won the show for a record-breaking five weeks running. She followed this with the album ''Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me'', a collection of classic and then-recent pop standards which reached number eight in the UK album chart. At 10 years, 146 days old, Lena is still the youngest person to have an album in the Top 10 and was also the youngest person to appear on the BBC's ''Top of the Pops''.<ref name="BBC2">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/463549.stm |title=Entertainment | Tragic Zavaroni ruined by illness |publisher=BBC News |date=1999-10-02 |accessdate=2013-07-31}}</ref><ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/recordalb.html Everyhit.com] Retrieved 21 April 2006</ref> |
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| − | Lena also sang at a Hollywood charity show with Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball in 1974, at which Ball commented, "You’re special. Very special and very, very good," although some sources attribute the words to Sinatra. Following this, Lena guest-starred on ''The Carol Burnett Show''. She also appeared in ''The Morecambe and Wise Show'', the 1976 ''Royal Variety Show'' and performed at the White House for US President [[Gerald Ford]]. Signed to the soul - oriented Stax Records label in the United States, Lena was not widely popular despite the praise and television appearances; her ''Ma'' album was not listed in the popularity charts, and its title single only reached 91st position on the Billboard Hot 100 during a four-week chart run in the summer of 1974.<ref name="Bio2">[http://elvispelvis.com/lenazavaroni.htm#obit Fuller Up Obituary.] Retrieved 21 April 2006</ref> |
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| − | ===Stage and television career=== |
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| − | While attending London's Italia Conti Academy stage school, Lena met and became long-term friends with child star Bonnie Langford. The two starred in the ITV special ''Lena and Bonnie''.<ref name="Bio2"/> |
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| − | On Sunday 18 June 1978 The BBC broadcast Lena Zavaroni On Broadway. |
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| − | In 1979 Lena had her own TV series on the BBC called ''Lena Zavaroni and Music'', and from 1980 to 1982 she had a TV series call Lena. |
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| − | From the age of 13, Lena suffered from anorexia nervosa. While at stage school, her weight dropped to 56 lb (4 stone or 25 kg). Lena blamed this on the pressure placed upon her to fit into costumes while at the same time she was "developing as a woman."<ref name="BBC2"/> |
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| − | She continued to suffer from anorexia throughout the 1980s, and in 1989 she married computer consultant Peter Wiltshire. The couple settled in [[North London]] but separated 18 months later. Also in 1989, Lena's mother, Hilda, died of a tranquilliser overdose and a fire destroyed all of her showbiz mementos.<ref name="BBC2"/> |
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| − | After the breakup of her marriage, Lena moved to Hoddesdon, [[Hertfordshire]], to be nearer to her father and his second wife. By this time, she was living on state benefits and in 1999 was accused of stealing a 50p packet of jelly, although the charges were later dropped.<ref name="BBC2"/> |
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| − | Lena underwent a number of drug treatments and received electroconvulsive therapy in an attempt to beat her depression. She begged doctors to operate on her to relieve her depression. Although the operation would not cure her anorexia, she was desperate for it to proceed and threatened suicide if it did not (she also took a drug overdose).<ref name="BBC4">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/554625.stm |title=WALES | Inquest told of star's suicide threat |publisher=BBC News |date=1999-12-08 |accessdate=2013-07-31}}</ref> |
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| − | In September 1999 Lena was admitted to University Hospital of Wales in [[Cardiff]] for the psychosurgical operation it was described as "pioneering"<ref name="BBC4"/> and "keyhole surgery to partially interrupt the nerve pathways that control emotions".<ref name="CCHR" /> After the operation, she appeared to be in a satisfactory condition and after a week she was "making telephone calls, cheerful and engaging in conversation," even asking her doctor if he thought there was any chance that she would get back on stage. However, three weeks after the operation, she developed a chest infection and died from pneumonia on 1 October. She weighed less than five stone (70 lb, 32 kg).<ref name="BBC1"/><ref name="BBC4"/><ref name="CCHR">{{cite web|url=http://www.cchr-london.org/lena-zavaroni/ |title=Citizens Commission On Human Rights (London) |publisher=Citizens Commission on Human Rights |date=2011-10-05 |accessdate=2013-07-31}}</ref> |
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| − | Although some reports said that the surgery was a leucotomy (also known as a lobotomy), the hospital said that it was not, and the treatment was intended for depression rather than anorexia as was rumoured at the time.<ref name="BBC4"/><ref name="CCHR" /><ref name="BBC3">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/463655.stm |title=Wales | Star dies following brain surgery |publisher=BBC News |date=1999-10-04 |accessdate=2013-07-31}}</ref> |
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| − | The Roman Catholic Church of St Augustine,<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BONNIE+SAYS+FAREWELL%3B+Lena+lived+in+a+grey,+grey+world+..+it+was+like...-a060329885 BONNIE SAYS FAREWELL]</ref> |
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| − | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1078354 Biography] at IMDb |
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| − | * [http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba1d4ce38 Lena Zavaroni] at British Film Institute |
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| − | | NAME =Zavaroni, Lena |
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| − | | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Scottish singer |
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| − | | DATE OF BIRTH =4 November 1963 |
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| − | | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Greenock]], [[Inverclyde]], [[Scotland]] |
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| − | | DATE OF DEATH =1 October 1999 |
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