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INTRODUCTION |
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STORY |
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TRIVIA |
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NICKNAME |
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GALLERY |
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CURIOS |
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VOX
POPULI |
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SHOP |
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Counts
the Prince of Wales as one of her biggest fans. |
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Has
spent more time in the UK charts than any other British female performer. |
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Won a five-year
legal battle against her former personal assistant who had said the singer
slapped her and called her a "Jewish bitch" and sacked her after
a drunken row. |
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Was the star of
the opening ceremony of the 1999 Rugby World Cup held in Wales (in a
sparkly oblong sack-dress fashioned from a big Welsh flag).
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In 1952, Shirley
left school to work in the packing department of a sausage factory, all
the while singing at local clubs which catered to working men. |
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Her daughter
died of drowning in 1985 and the British tabloid newspapers reported there
were implications of neglect for her daughter. |
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In 1996, Shirley made her much-awaited feature film debut in Chris Rea's
"La Passione". |
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