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http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=389888 The woman remembered as Australia's first teen star, Lynne Randell, has died in Melbourne. Randell, 57, passed away on Friday after a four-year battle against an illness that had affected her nervous system, family spokesman Serge Thomann said. She is survived by her son Jamieson and her two grand children, Jacob and Rachel. "Grammy and Lynnie as she was known to her close friends will be greatly missed," Mr Thomann said. In 1967, Randell, who was then 17 years old, became Australia's first teen sensation releasing a hit single Ciao Baby. She followed that with a trip to the United States where she toured with The Monkees, and performed with Ike and Tina Turner. "She was famous for her catchy pop songs, but also her unique mod hairdo," Mr Thomann said. Randell later moved to Los Angeles and married record company executive Abe Hoch and the couple had a son, Jamieson. She returned to Australia in 1980 and became Molly Meldrum's personal assistant, a role she best described as "being his nagging wife - a very organised nagging wife". In 1986, Randell moved to New York to be closer to her son and to work for Seymour Stein, Madonna's record company boss. She returned to Melbourne a couple of years later and continued working in the entertainment industry until she became ill. "In the last few years of her life as she suffered in silence, Lynne never lost her sense of humour and always tried to help everyone around her with her big heart of gold," Mr Thomann said. -- King Daevid MacKenzie. No brag, just fact. http://myspace.com/kingdaevid http://groups.google.ca/group/hateradioboycott "You're only entitled to your informed opinion." HARLAN ELLISON BritInvasion archived at <http://www.escribe.com/music/britinvasion>, <http://www.mail-archive.com/britinvasion%40onelist.com>, and <http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=britinvasion>. Home page: <http://home.hiwaay.net/~emilyj/britinvasion/>. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BritInvasion/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BritInvasion/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
