Divinyls Lead Singer Chrissy Amphlett 1959-2013 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 04-22-2013, 06:58 AM

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Chrissy Amphlett, the singer and former frontwoman for the Australian band The Divinyls, died on Sunday afternoon after suffering from cancer and multiple sclerosis. She was 53.

Amphlett's husband, Charley Drayton, released a statement in which he said her "light burns so very brightly". Drayton wrote that she "passed gently, in her sleep" and was surrounded by her close friends and family at her New York home.

Amphlett was the lead singer with pop band The Divinyls, which she co-founded in 1980, and released six albums with the group until they informally split in 1997.

The band is best known for their 1991 single, I Touch Myself, which reached number 10 in the UK Top 40 and number four in the American charts, despite the song struggling to get airplay in the US due to its controversial subject. Amphlett later said that she hoped the song would remind women to perform breast examinations.

Amphlett went on to have a stage career, playing Judy Garland in the Australian production of The Boy from Oz in 1998.

The Divinyls re-formed in the late 2000s, during which Amphlett announced she had multiple sclerosis. She discussed her treatment for breast cancer on television in 2010, which, due to multiple sclerosis, had to be without radiation treatment.

The singer posted about her health problems on her Facebook page in March, saying: "the last 18 months have been a real challenge", but that she had not stopped singing.

Drayton added that Amphlett's life was one of "passion and creativity; she always lived it to the fullest. With her force of character and vocal strength she paved the way for strong, sexy, outspoken women."

Last month Amphlett was named one of Australia's top 10 singers of all time. She leaves her husband and her sister Leigh.

Zoneboy · 04-22-2013, 07:00 AM

D-Dey · 04-22-2013, 07:24 AM

Damn, she was fairly young. I actually like Man's Ruin's cover of "I Touch Myself."
http://www.discogs.com/Mans-Ruin-Man...elease/4049213

1990 UM fan · 04-22-2013, 10:03 AM

Very sad news. Made me even more sad to know how much pain she was in before she died. Rest in peace, Chrissy dear.

catlover79 · 04-22-2013, 01:36 PM

Marvo301 · 04-22-2013, 01:41 PM

Chrissy Amphlett

80sTrivia · 04-22-2013, 03:20 PM

So very sad to hear of Chrissy's death. She had such a unique voice...

Race's Girl · 07-19-2013, 06:35 AM

Bye, Chrissy, we love & miss you

04-22-2013, 06:58 AM	#1
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