She was destined to be England's Judy Garland, the little girl from a tiny Scottish island, descendant of an Italian immigrant fleeing famine. An exact analysis of the causes of her illness remains elusive: that constant feeling of hopelessness and self-loathing as she was thrust into the media glare, the unrelenting pressure of the Thatcher years and the never-ending quest for perfection, the Canadian clinic from which she was withdrawn too soon, an unremorseful agent: all key players in this brief life who look back twenty years and wonder how it could all have happened. https://youtu.be/Zy7E1JXf0Ls

Isn't there a thread on here about the dearth of variety shows? I do miss Lena..https://youtu.be/nwUQRgHd200

She accomplishes the interpretation of songs which might have been considered too advanced for her persona, evincing a quality mature beyond her years: https://youtu.be/BKpub7kdzIU


Go to sleep little angel: https://youtu.be/NUp2VOnBDy4

Lena Zavaroni: 4 November 1963-1 October 1999

Lena in happier times, with her impressions of Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand: https://youtu.be/5GpY8qSodUk

Lena "On Broadway"..https://youtu.be/Bapi84aEd8Q