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Trailblazing Australian singer Helen Reddy dead at 78
By Nathanael Cooper and Garry Maddox
September 30, 2020 10.52am
Australian singer Helen Reddy, who became a global superstar on the back of her hit I Am Woman, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 78.
The Melbourne-born Reddy, whose trailblazing life was dramatised in the recent bio-pic I Am Woman, was regarded as the queen of 1970s pop with her hits including Delta Dawn, Angie Baby, Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) and Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady.
After arriving in New York as a 24-year-old single mother of a three-year-old with just over $US200 to her name, she overcame years of struggle in the US to become the world's top-selling female singer in 1973 and 1974.
She won a Grammy for I Am Woman, had her own weekly prime-time television variety show and branched into an acting career on screen and stage that included a Golden Globe nomination for Airport 1975.
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elleng
(130,865 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)RIP
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)jimfields33
(15,769 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)RIP, beautiful lady!
Lars39
(26,109 posts)underpants
(182,769 posts)My mom used to play her all the time.
DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)LisaM
(27,802 posts)Just within the last week or so, I heard a long interview on CBC with the woman who made the film about her. Fascinating.
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)tishaLA
(14,176 posts)or maybe it's already been released?
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)"Peaceful" in 1973.
Hekate
(90,645 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)We love you.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)She was wonderful
ellie
(6,929 posts)I liked her! She was very talented! I love Angie Baby and Delta Dawn.
crickets
(25,962 posts)Delphinus
(11,830 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)R-I-P Helen
BlueSpot
(855 posts)I loved her music back in the day and I don't even know how many times I played I Am Woman leading up to the last election.
RIP Helen.
Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)I loved her music. I used to belt out "I am Woman" in the back of our Chevrolet. Should have been a BIG...HUGE...hint to my parents!
littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)James48
(4,435 posts)Beautiful time. I turned 13 in 1973 and her music in the mid-70s was powerful and beyond everything else in depth and meaning.
House of Roberts
(5,168 posts)I Am Woman
You and Me Against The World
Angie Baby
Delta Dawn
I Don't Know How To Love Him
Leave Me Alone
Peaceful
Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady
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niyad
(113,259 posts)Gracious.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Rest In Peace, Helen. Tell Ruth hello.
niyad
(113,259 posts)with Jaime Lee Curtis?
Can't link to it from my machine.
generalbetrayus
(507 posts)niyad
(113,259 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)Thank you.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)iluvtennis
(19,850 posts)Glorfindel
(9,726 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)Thank you Helen Reddy for our anthem!
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Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Hassler
(3,376 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,416 posts)BootinUp
(47,141 posts)ogsball
(356 posts)I'm going to break out the DVD and watch it this week.