Cleo Laine
Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE (born Clementina Dinah Campbell; 28 October 1927 – 24 July 2025) was a British jazz singer and an actress. She was born in Southall, Middlesex to a white English mother and black Jamaican father. She was famous for her scat singing and for being able to sing very high and very low notes.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Clementina Dinah Campbell |
| Born | 28 October 1927 Southall, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 24 July 2025 (aged 97) Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1950s–2018 |
She was the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. Laine was the widow of jazz composer Sir John Dankworth.
Laine died on 24 July 2025 at her home in Wavendon, Buckinghamshire at the age of 97.[1]
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Laine performing at Playa Vista, Los Angeles, in 2007
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References
- ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (25 July 2025). "Cleo Laine, Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/25/cleo-laine-britain-jazz-singer-john-dankworth-dies. Retrieved 25 July 2025.