June 18, 2020
LONDON (Reuters) – Singer Vera Lynn, who became a
symbol of hope in Britain during World War Two and more recently during
the coronavirus pandemic with her song “We’ll Meet Again”, has died at
the age of 103, British media reported on Thursday.
Known as the
Forces’ Sweetheart, Lynn struck a chord with soldiers fighting overseas
and with the public back in Britain with songs such as “The White Cliffs
of Dover” that gave voice to the hopes and fears about the conflict
with Nazi Germany.
To mark her 100th birthday in 2017, a giant
image of Lynn as a young woman was projected on to the White Cliffs and a
new album was released.
Lynn,
who had continued to make public appearances in later life, was back in
the news earlier this year when Queen Elizabeth used words from her
famous song to tell the country “We will meet again” during a very rare
broadcast to the nation to address the coronavirus outbreak
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