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Showing posts with label Dame Vera Lynn. Show all posts
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Thursday, 18 June 2020
Dame Vera Lynn: 1917-2020
Dame Vera Lynn: Forces' Sweetheart dies aged 103
Still helping the country pull together in hard times right up to the end. RIP.
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