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Vera Lynn, WWII Allied Forces singer, dead at 103
Fox News ^ | 06/18/2020 | David Aaro

Posted on 06/18/2020 4:49:29 AM PDT by DFG

Vera Lynn, the British singer whose songs provided hope for Allied troops during World War II, died Thursday at 103.

“The family are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers at the age of 103," the singer's family said in a statement. "Dame Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, East Sussex, passed away earlier today, 18 June 2020, surrounded by her close family.”

Lynn was most known for her songs "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "We'll Meet Again," the latter serving as the melody in the ending montage of Stanley Kubrick's famed movie, "Dr. Strangelove."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: dover; music; strangelove; veralynn; ww2
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"We'll Meet Again"

We'll meet again, Don't know where, Don't know when But I know we'll meet again some sunny day

Keep smiling through, Just like you always do 'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away

So will you please say "Hello" To the folks that I know? Tell them I won't be long They'll be happy to know That as you saw me go I was singing this song

We'll meet again, Don't know where, Don't know when But I know we'll meet again some sunny day

We'll meet again, Don't know where Don't know when. But I know we'll meet again some sunny day.

Keep smiling through Just like you always do, 'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away

So will you please say "Hello" To the folks that I know? Tell them I won't be long. They'll be happy to know That as you saw me go, I was singin' this song.

We'll meet again, Don't know where, Don't know when But I know we'll meet again some sunny day

1 posted on 06/18/2020 4:49:29 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsM_VmN6ytk


2 posted on 06/18/2020 4:50:56 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: DFG

I wonder if she’ll get a military funeral?


3 posted on 06/18/2020 4:53:19 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: DFG
The White Cliffs of Dover and Lilli Marlene...the two signature songs of WWII.
4 posted on 06/18/2020 4:56:32 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: DFG

Lille Marlene-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=ZSMuTm649Hk&feature=emb_logo


5 posted on 06/18/2020 5:00:54 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: DFG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEtldt-FI8Y


6 posted on 06/18/2020 5:08:37 AM PDT by bigcat32
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To: EEGator

Dame Vera, what a trooper!
Rest now little one.


7 posted on 06/18/2020 5:08:51 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: DFG
The last great entertainer of WWII.


8 posted on 06/18/2020 5:10:43 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids." - Joe Biden)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Mentioned in Mr Churchill Says by Kinks
from the album Arthur

As Vera Lynn would say
We’ll meet again someday
But all the sacrifices we must make
before the end

Speaking of Churchill some want to
pull down his statue and a woman was asked
about it and said “well I haven’t met the
man but...” Chances are she hasn’t met
the man because he died 55 years ago


9 posted on 06/18/2020 5:22:08 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: DFG

What a loss! A great lady from a great generation, now almost all gone...


10 posted on 06/18/2020 5:29:36 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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To: DFG

During the special address to the nation from Windsor Castle, in the midst of lockdowns, Her Majesty told the nation: “We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return.

“We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.”

Dame Vera Lynn called Queen’s coronavirus speech referencing her song ‘wonderful’ in final interview before her death

https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/dame-vera-lynn-dies-last-interview-queen-speech/d644f7f4-b025-4b36-884c-d4de47803c44


11 posted on 06/18/2020 5:32:44 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DFG

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera, Vera
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do?


12 posted on 06/18/2020 5:44:18 AM PDT by NYorkerInHouston
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To: NYorkerInHouston

+1

B T T T


13 posted on 06/18/2020 5:46:43 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: DFG

Lest we forget!


14 posted on 06/18/2020 5:48:41 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: NYorkerInHouston

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera, Vera
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do?


That song is exactly what came to mind for me.


15 posted on 06/18/2020 5:52:13 AM PDT by jcmccorm
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To: jcmccorm

I think most of us born after WWII first heard of her, from that.


16 posted on 06/18/2020 5:59:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG

17 posted on 06/18/2020 6:03:18 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: DFG

A great singer and beautiful lady who was an inspiration during WWII. They need to build a statue of her so we can watch it being torn down by a BLM mob.


18 posted on 06/18/2020 6:11:13 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

She had really nice teeth for a Brit in the 1940’s.

RIP, Vera. And thanks!


19 posted on 06/18/2020 6:15:37 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Phlap

20 posted on 06/18/2020 6:33:36 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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