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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Loved this song; what I also note is that she had one husband and her husband had one wife; exceptional for that career but then again she was a Christian.
Judith Durham was an Australian singer, 
songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962. Wikipedia
Born: July 3, 1943, Essendon, Australia
Died: August 5, 2022 (age 79 years), The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
Music group: The Seekers
Spouse: Ronald Edgeworth (m. 1969–1994)


12 posted on 11/10/2025 5:46:26 PM PST by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

She was married to Ronald Edgeworth who died of ALS.

He once said he never needed to buy a lottery ticket, he won the greatest gift a man could receive, Judith Durham.


31 posted on 11/10/2025 7:15:54 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: af_vet_1981

SO nice you found that. So she lived the lyrics of the song she sang! How wonderful.

Their love story continues...

Judith Durham’s husband, Ron Edgeworth, died on December 10, 1994, from motor neurone disease (also known as ALS). They had been married since 1969, and Durham never remarried after his death; she later became a national patron for the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Australia in his memory. She herself passed away on August 5, 2022, and was buried next to him at Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne.

They had 25 years together. I’m sure their last years were difficult with his advancing disease.


36 posted on 11/10/2025 7:56:10 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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