Kay Cavendish

Kathleen Dorothy Cavendish Murray (1 October 1908 – 23 January 2000),[1] who was billed as Kay Cavendish, was a British classically trained pianist and popular entertainer.

Kay Cavendish
Born
Kathleen Dorothy Cavendish Murray

1 October 1908
Hong Kong
Died23 January 2000 (aged 89)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Life

Cavendish was born in Hong Kong[2] to John Alexander Shakespear Murray and his wife, Constance Ellen Louisa Clarke.[3] She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded a gold medal.[2] She became a member of The Cavendish Three, a close harmony trio.[2] and made over 400 episodes of her weekly BBC radio programme, 'Kay on the Keys'.[2]

She appeared on It's That Man Again and, during World War II, entertained troops for ENSA.[2]

She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 5 February 1962.[4]

She died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 89.[5]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. "Kay Cavendish". Home Front Museum. 2013-07-04. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. 1911 England Census
  4. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Kay Cavendish". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. "Obituaries". Crescendo Jazz. 37 (6). December 2000 – January 2001.



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