Kay Cavendish

British pianist and entertainer (1908–2000)

Kay Cavendish

Born	Kathleen Dorothy Cavendish Murray 1 October 1908 Hong Kong
Died	23 January 2000 (aged 89) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

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

Early life

Cavendish was born in Hong Kong^[2]^{[better source needed]} 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]

Career

Cavendish 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]

Cavendish appeared on the comedy programme It's That Man Again during World War II, entertained troops for ENSA,^[2] and appeared in the film Poet's Pub (1949).

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

Death

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

References

^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Kay Cavendish". Home Front Museum. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 1911 England Census
^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Kay Cavendish". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "Obituaries". Crescendo Jazz. 37 (6). December 2000 – January 2001.