Cleo Laine
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Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth was a British singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec and singer
Laine in 1963
Laine in 1962
Laine in 1997
Laine performing at Playa Vista, Los Angeles, in 2007
Wavendon
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Wavendon is a village and civil parish in the south east of the Milton Keynes urban area, in Buckinghamshire, England.
Cleo Laine
…to mark the venue's 40th anniversary, and announced Dankworth's death at the end of the show to the shock of the audience. Laine died at her home in Wavendon, on 24 July 2025, aged 97. Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1979…
Church of St Mary, Wavendon