Dame Vera wins lifetime achievement award.Byline: ANI London, Oct 13 (ANI): Singer Dame Vera Lynn received a lifetime achievement award at the annual Women of the Year lunch, which took place at London's Intercontinental in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal adj. 1. Extending or taking place between or among continents: intercontinental exploration; intercontinental cooperation. 2. Hotel on Monday. The award recognizes her contribution to the world of music and celebrates her success as 'The Forces' Sweetheart'. "It's lovely to be recognised all those years after the event," the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. quoted the 'We'll Meet Again' singer, as saying. "I'm still very proud of the fact that is a song that has gone around the world. "What better words can you have when your loved one has gone to war and you leave your family behind?" Speaking about Lynn, Esther Rantzen Esther Louise Rantzen CBE (born on 22 May 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for her long stint in That's Life! said: "There are so many recent cases of older women being thrown on the scrap heap scrap·heap also scrap heap n. 1. A pile or heap of waste material. 2. A place for discarding useless or worthless material. . "I don't think anyone would dare throw [Dame Vera] on the scrap heap." In September 2009, the 92-year-old Lynn became the oldest living performer to have a number one record, We'll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn, which surpassed the sales of Arctic Monkeys and the Kings of Leon and even surged ahead of the Beatles' remastered back editions. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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