Australian folk music icon Judith Durham has died aged 79
MELBOURNE, Australia — Judith Durham, Australia’s folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She was 79. Durham died at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on Friday night after suffering complications from a long-term lung condition, Universal Music Australia and Musicoast said in a statement on Saturday. She made her first recording at 19 and rose to fame after joining The Seekers in 1963. The group of four became the first Australian band to achieve major chart and sales success in the UK and US, eventually selling 50 million records . InternationalRead News
