/ 08 August 2022

Vale Judith Durham

Image source: AAP
Image source: AAP

A giant of Australian music, Judith Durham has been remembered as a “lifelong friend and shining star” following her death on Friday, aged 79yo. The angelic/pure voice of The Seekers fronted their incredible rise that saw them become Australia’s first international musical superstars with songs like Georgy Girl and I’ll Never Find Another You. And generations will remember their Morningtown Ride as a lullaby… Durham had her struggles: a bad car accident in 1990 and a brain haemorrhage during a Seekers tour in 2013. And in recent times, a lung condition she’d had since childhood made life difficult. But her friends say she was heroic in facing her struggles. As for the woman herself, she had it worked out. “It’s not always easy to accept something, but it’s very important. Perhaps this has happened as a blessing in disguise? I’ll just wait and see what happens. Every day brings something different,” she once said. Her family has accepted the Victorian Government’s offer of a state funeral.

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