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Kathleen Dorothy Cavendish Murray (1 October 1908 – 23 January 2000),[1] who was billed as Kay Cavendish, was a British classically trained pianist and popular entertainer.

Kay Cavendish
Born	Kathleen Dorothy Cavendish Murray 1 October 1908 Hong Kong
Died	23 January 2000 (aged 89) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Life

Cavendish was born in Hong Kong[2]^{[better source needed]} to John Alexander Shakespear Murray and his wife, Constance Ellen Louisa Clarke.[3] She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded a gold medal.[2] She became a member of The Cavendish Three, a close harmony trio.[2] and made over 400 episodes of her weekly BBC radio programme, 'Kay on the Keys'.[2]

She appeared on It's That Man Again, during World War II, entertained troops for ENSA.,[2] and, in 1949, appeared in the film Poet's Pub.

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 5 February 1962.[4]

She died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 89.[5]

References

External links

• Kay Cavendish at IMDb
• Personality Meet Kay Cavendish 1945 British-Pathé newsreel featuring Cavendish

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