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Cilla Black has died of natural causes at her Spanish villa. She was 72. She rose to fame as a pop singer in the 1960s – one of a handful of British female singers (think Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Lulu, Helen Shapiro) who performed cover versions, who created signature hits from working with a talented pool of writers. Indeed, I first became awar…
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