“When our wee Lena sang, she lit up the stage,” says Margaret Zavaroni. “But she was separated from her home, her family. I realise now she was separated from her own adolescence and in the end she ...

"If it was your own child and she had a career in front of her, and she was being successful in it, what would you think? "Would you let her do it or would you say, that’s enough, let us have her back ...

SHARING a stage with a superstar like Frank Sinatra could be daunting for anyone, but a ten-year-old Lena Zavaroni took it all in her stride. Sadly, fame at such a young age ended up taking its toll ...

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A few weeks ago, Ottessa Moshfegh, the author of the new short-story collection Homesick for Another World, sent me a video of the Scottish-born singer Lena Zavaroni. I couldn’t believe I’d never ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Plucked from obscurity aged just 10, Lena Zavaroni's huge voice propelled her to fame on Opportunity Knocks. By 35 she was dead. In the age of social media, teen influencers and reality TV, ...

The singer, discovered aged just 10 on talent show Opportunity Knocks, died at 34 because of health complications caused by anorexia in 1999. Websites promoting anorexia and other eating disorders ...

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Find out what her close friends and family had to say about Lena's sad death SHARING a stage with a superstar like Frank Sinatra could be daunting for anyone, but a ten-year-old Lena Zavaroni took it ...