Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien OBE, known professionally as Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was a significant singer of blue-eyed soul, pop, and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire.

Born in West Hampstead in London into a family that enjoyed music, Springfield learned to sing at home.

In 1958, she joined her first professional group, The Lana Sisters. Two years later, with her brother Tom Springfield and Tim Feild, Springfield formed the folk-pop vocal trio The Springfields.

In January 1994, while recording her penultimate album, A Very Fine Love, in Nashville, Tennessee, Springfield began feeling ill.

When she returned to England a few months later, her physicians diagnosed her with breast cancer. She received months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, and the cancer was found to be in remission.

In 1995, in apparent good health, Springfield set about promoting the album, which was released that year. By mid-1996, cancer had returned, and despite vigorous treatments, she died in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on 2 March 1999, a month before her 60th birthday.

Dusty Springfield Age

Dusty Springfield was 60 years old at the time of her death. She was born on April 16, 1939, in West Hampstead, London, United Kingdom.

Dusty Springfield Height

Dusty Springfield stood at a height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.6 m) tall.

Dusty Springfield Parents

Dusty Springfield was the daughter of Gerard O’Brien and Kay O’Brien.

Dusty Springfield Partner

Dusty Springfield was Norma Tanega’s partner.

Dusty Springfield Children

Dusty Springfield did not survive by any child.