Britain’s wartime sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn dies aged 103 - BBC News
Dame Vera Lynn, one of the most popular British entertainers of the past century, the singer known as the forces' sweetheart during the Second World War, has died at the age of 103.
Dame Vera's songs, including We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover, became enormously popular among the armed forces and in homes across the United Kingdom as she lifted spirits and gave hope to many.
In later years Dame Vera fought hard to win fair treatment for war widows. The Prime Minister said her voice would live on for generations to come.
Dame Vera's popularity didn't fade after the war ended. She found new generations of admirers and no major commemoration of the Second World War was complete without her presence. Just last month she became the oldest artist to achieve a top-40 album in the UK.
Huw Edwards presents News at Ten reporting from Robert Hall and Sarah Campbell.
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Vera Lynn gave a lot of people hope in the darkest days of their lives. R.I.P
@davidmg1925
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
R.I.P. Dear Vera Lynn. I've always loved "We'll meet again". But I always get choked up when singing it, because I think about all those servicemen who sang that song only to never see home again.
@VinylEldred
4 жыл бұрын
That's why songs like that are beautiful and will never be forgotten.
@FacelessQueenie
4 жыл бұрын
@G M swear i've seen you spouting racism before, plus you use quote marks as if you're not the one saying it
@FacelessQueenie
4 жыл бұрын
@G M just trying to get a grasp of the origins of your viewpoints, what time were you in secondary school?
@JRobbySh
4 жыл бұрын
@G M These are men without chests.
@kathyclark8274
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed, a sobering thought,
Angel never die, she just fades away... Rest In Peace
May her soul rest in peace. God bless.
Sad news. Such a great singer and what a hero for the war widows. RIP Dame Vera.
@craig5332
4 жыл бұрын
@@tanishakhandelwal9297 Its always sad when someone dies no matter what age or how good their life was. Think of her family losing someone so dear to them. Anyway people will both mourn her loss and celebrate her life. R.I.P Vera ❤
She personified the British courage, faith in the future. She put her soul in her voice and we felt it was true, that we will meet again, that we shall ovecome. Thank you, Dame Vera, thank you from the bottom of all British hearts!
Rest In Peace Dame Vera Lynn, you were one of a kind. I was in the Army and “We’ll meet again “ will always hold a special place in my Heart!
“Keep smiling through” just like she always did ❤
People of this generation dont understand the background of music that came from our past, im only 26 and have been a big fan of music before my time for years now. I can only hope that history never dies on this occasion and she will love forever and yes we will meet again!!
@user-ih6vs3eg3o
4 жыл бұрын
Yes exactly in 18 and I haven’t listened to a modern song for 10 years now. All I have listened to since was the golden age of jazz and British dance band music. It’s so nostalgic even though I never experienced first hand
@adrianakusieluskus8941
3 жыл бұрын
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@adrianakusieluskus8941
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-ih6vs3eg3o just like Angelina Jordan. ❣️✨
"It seemed extraordinary to me that soldiers would come back from war and write to thank me, I feel very humbled by this" ~Vera Lynn
There is a lady that I can confidently say as a yank that every one of us should aspire to be. There has been none finer than Vera Lynn in body, soul and now in legend.
I am a 29 year old man and this is the first time I have ever cried since being a child!! My Russian grandfather fought in Stalingrad and my Welsh great uncles fought in Burma, I feel ashamed for crying! Respect to all!!!
@martinmcdonald4207
4 жыл бұрын
What are you like sobbing like a big girl`s blouse. Man up and pull yourself together!
@gemmag.2988
4 жыл бұрын
@@martinmcdonald4207 don't be unkind.
@martinmcdonald4207
4 жыл бұрын
@@gemmag.2988 There appears to be no room on the internet for a bit of good old fashioned humour! People are always looking to find offence in everything nowadays. Sad.
@JRobbySh
4 жыл бұрын
Bless you.
@QueenBee-gx4rp
4 жыл бұрын
Transnistria Never be upset for showing emotion...that’s how we love people.
My heart goes out to her and her family she will be sadly missed by millions of fans
God bless her.
“I was somebody that they could associate with,” she once told The Associated Press. “I was an ordinary girl.” RIP 😔
I got introduced to Vera Lynn when her rendition of "We'll Meet Again" was used as the closing title for the movie Dr. Strangelove. I loved her singing. I wasn't alive when her singing rallied a nation during WWII. RIP Vera Lynn. Thanks for giving us inspiration during one of the world's darkest hours.
I had a lovely time reading her book "Dame Vera Lynn: Some Sunny Day: My Autobiography". She was a symbol of hope to her country and also to those people in the occupied European nations.
RIP beautiful
such a lucky woman, she must have been very healthy to live a long life
May she RIP
@fitsummebrahtu338
4 жыл бұрын
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@colinharbinson8284
4 жыл бұрын
@@fitsummebrahtu338 Rest In Peace.
What a special person, thank you Vera for being you!
From America: I always liked this song very much but never heard it out when it came on television so I didn’t know who Vera Lynn was. Then I learned on tonight’s news who she was and that she had died. It showed her singing to the troops and I started tearing up knowing the fate of so many was in such great peril in those dark times. My father was one as a Sargent in the US army. A great story, a beautiful voice and a great lady.
What possible reason could anyone have to dislike this video?
One of the greatest voices of the 20th Century has been silenced. Vera Lynn had the most beautiful voice. This is a sad day. I am an American Boomer, but I,ve admired her beautiful songs.
She was a living link to the past, a gateway to history. She may be gone, but her name, and the moral boosting contribution to England when we needed it, will be forever inextricably linked. RIP Vera. X
Till We meet again❤️
R.I.P Dame Vera Lynn....we will always have you with us.💜
Rest in Peace. Your relieving and encouraging song will live on.
She’s up their with those brave men,no brave boys who fought and died in the greatest and most important war in history.Rest in peace mrs Lynn
Lifes long day is over, thanks for the memorable times, my grandfather fought for the empire and I remember your voice, you probably dont even know how much you ment😭 rip
A real voice, a real singer! Bravo! 👏👏👏
Dame Vera Lynn was a angel 😇 with that wonderful voice ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 2:37
Your Voice helped win the war!!! God Bless!!
Rest in peace, I've only recently heard her song and it's so touching and moving
@joelwilliams9636
4 жыл бұрын
*We'll Meet Again
@kelvinsurname7051
Жыл бұрын
@@joelwilliams9636 she has so many more beautiful songs. I know at the very least 100.
One of the voices of WWII, Vera Lynn will be missed, my elderly father grew up listening to her music during the war & still enjoys "The White Cliffs of Dover," and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," especially the latter, when I play it on KZread he gets very nostalgic & teary. Vera Lynn was a part of history & her music will live on.
I was privileged to meet her she was so lovely to talk to
May she rest in peace.. I just loved all her songs.. she was loved on both sides of the war
Ray Davies referenced her" As Vera Lynn would say, we'll meet again someday". A tribute from a great icon to a great icon
I’m 72 and was born after WWII. But music was a staple in the home where I grew up so Vera Lynn’s music was something I became familiar with and loved. Dame Vera was a guest at the Hamilton Airshow, (Ontario, Canada) perhaps more than 20 years ago. I was fortunate to find myself standing a few feet away from the podium where she sang. It was a wonderful experience that I shall always remember.
Great personality and singer,warm heart,one of my favourite singers of a bygone age,R.I.P sweetheart X❤
God got jealous and wanted to meet her too, what a legend she was. Rest in peace singing with all those brave boys, Vera.
Your soul is immortal your human life is mortal the pain is over now. Fly high in glory
Another legend passes. So many don't even know. Strangely I think of Dr. Strangelove every time I hear this.
My great uncle was in the American army stationed in England between 1943-45. I remember him listing to records of Vera Lynn and I heard him say he saw her at a performance for the troops he said she had the voice of an Angel and was quite beautiful as well. Now she is an Angel and hopefully she is meeting old friends and fans again in the hereafter.
It's amazing that she lived that long -- 103 years old.
@nicolelawless3199
3 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t say how she died, I’m guessing she was pretty ill. I’m still sad she passed away
@axelpatrickb.pingol3228
3 жыл бұрын
Born when the First World War was still raging, served when the world is in its Second World War, saw the rise and fall of the British Empire, the ascension of 4 monarchs to the British throne, and lived long enough to see the Centenary of the First World War. Not many people can live long enough to see how a country and a world changed in a hundred years...
@stephaniespragg5586
2 жыл бұрын
@@nicolelawless3199 I’m inclined to think the cause of death was ‘old age’ or something along those lines, that was the cause of death on Prince Philip’s death certificate; it is still very sad nonetheless
May she Rest In Peace...I remember I discovered her when I was a teenager and fell in love with her music
We will all miss you Vera you were inspiring and above all boosted morale of many nations. I'm saluting you and blowing a kiss as your music still reminds me of all my family that were in the forces and listening to you on the wireless in the munitions factories, my father listened to you in the Royal Engineers, my mother came to see you in 95 , now 88 sends her love, we pay our respects, you will be singing again to all those who love you in heaven😇🎶🎙
A true legend, an inspirational figure , an icon who will live on forever. Rest in Peace Dame Lynn. God Bless You
Rest in peace beautiful angel. You and your music will continue to touch the hearts of generations to come. Sweet dreams and god bless xxx
What a wonderful And brave woman with the voice of an angel
What a darling. Everything Vera sung was beautiful. She could sing anything and it was like hearing God or something like that. No other popular female vocalist like her at all. Humble and dignified = a real Star. Every time she sang - she was singing to you and you alone.
@JRobbySh
4 жыл бұрын
Love the way that she said that she always chose the songs for the lyrics. The music was secondary. Her diction is wonderful, also a good amateur artist.
God bless her and her family. 🙏
I loved her beautiful voice!
I meet and worked with Dame Vera one day many years ago. At lunch I was serving champagne to some WW2 pilots and Dame Vera. I asked her if she would like some more champagne. She said “No thank you”. As I went to walk away she tapped me on the arm and said. “Well, if you could just refresh my bubbles!” Class.
What a beloved figure she was both during and after the war. She bolstered morale during a critical period and contributed so much to the war effort.
Very sorry to hear this. RIP the Forces' Sweetheart.
RIP..you brought so much joy and relief on those 2nd World War soldiers..Heaven welcomes you!!!
Thank You So Much Dame Vera Lynn for All the Lovely Songs & Shows! May Good God Blessed Dame Vera Lynn to a Better World! ♥️🌷🕯
No words rip dame vera ,thankyou for keeping things real at very bad times, I can remember listening to. You post war has a little girl XXX sleep well darling xxx
@mikeymc3094
4 жыл бұрын
God bless Vera an God bless you Deb from ONE scouser X
@okoverallknowledge564
4 жыл бұрын
“I was somebody that they could associate with,” she once told The Associated Press. “I was an ordinary girl.”😔
God bless Dame Vera Lynn. Sweetheart of the Forces and a treasure to so many more as well, for the rest of her life. May she rest in peace. 🙏🕊
Rest in Peace beautiful lady.
RIP and thank you.
My favourite singer, is now singing with the angels. Always admired her contribution to our country. God bless Vera Lynn.
Such an amazing life she lived. Beautiful
May she live in peace. God be with her. All through the lockdown quarantine i listened to her music because her songs give hope and are so calming. God be with her.
You will all be in our hearts never an never forgotten 😭😭😭😭
What a voice, what a lady, what a life!
Her voice lives on 😥💓
Extraordinary women. Imagine living to 103? Truly breathtaking. RIP.
What a contribution gave to society during those dark days of World War II, and later. May her memory be a blessing.
A wonderful lady and voice.
As a US service member and a gwot veteran, I found solice in her music on deployment
I have no words.just tears😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤
Rest well girl!
May her soul rest in peace.God Bless you.
She seemed to be on the radio all the time as I remember the war years. The end of an era.
what a lady rip
Land of hope and glory... RIP
What a beautiful life story...
What a beautiful life to have
A true British Patriot. God rest her soul.
The heart and soul of Britain
She helped Britain get through WW2 with her spirit without her would we be here? Thank you for moral boosting
strong, beautiful voice, noble behaviour, her way to speak is like mom forever in the UK. very sorry.
Farewell Dame Vera Lynn. Thank you for being the beacon of hope in times of uncertainties.
What an amazing person. They broke the mold after she came along, that's for certain .
now she can sing her songs to the queen : )
RIP❤️
Dame Vera Lynn, with most respect I say: We meet again some day. You give my parents trust, just when they needed that the most. My parent where in Asia when the war started, my father in Burma, my mother in a Japanese camp. Afther the war the got back in the Netherlands, and both are singing you're songs. Rest In Peace. The Netherlands says thanks to you, and I also. Caroline Van Oosterzee.
@annwalsh4381
3 жыл бұрын
Dame Vera at her very best. Singing Land Of Hope and Glory.
RIP Sweetheart 💘
prayers
And surely we'll meet again
rest in peace Dame Vera Lynn
Immortal Dame Vera Lynn - We Will Meet Againxx
Good old British courage…. Never give up and never give in 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
A Remarkable Voice for a Remarkable Person, She'll be Greatly Missed.
Good storytelling 🙏
awwh rip sweetheart
im 2 years late, im sorry, and im crying rn...
An Angel face!!! God Bless!!!