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  • Born: March 20, 1917 in London, England, United Kingdom Dame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II. Nicknamed %22The Forces' Sweetheart%22, she is most associated with the songs %22We'll Meet Again%22 and %22The White Cliffs of Dover%22.
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  • Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born Vera Margaret Welch; 20 March 1917), widely known as %22The Forces' Sweetheart%22 is an English singer, songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War.During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are %22We'll Meet Again%22, %22The White Cliffs of Dover%22, %22A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square%22 and %22There'll Always Be an England%22.She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK and the United States and recording such hits as %22Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart%22 and her UK Number one single %22My Son, My Son%22.In 2009 she became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 on the British album chart, at the age of 92. She has devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She is still held in great affection by veterans of the Second World War and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the twentieth century.
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