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Ronnie Carroll Death

Ronnie passed away on April 13, 2015 at the age of 80 in Hampstead, United Kingdom.

Ronnie Carroll Birthday and Date of Death

Ronnie Carroll was born on August 18, 1934 and died on April 13, 2015. Ronnie was 80 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: August 18, 1934
Date of Death: April 13, 2015
Age at Death: 80

Ronnie Carroll - Biography

Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer, and political candidate. Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in 116 Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son of a plumber. He scored his first hit in 1956 with "Walk Hand in Hand" on the Philips label.
He is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession. Having taken part in the 1960 UK Eurovision selection contest with the song "Girl with a Curl", he returned to win the selection and be Britain's entry in the 1962 contest, and with the song "Ring-a-Ding Girl" shared fourth place, the same placing he reached in 1963 with "Say Wonderful Things". This success was followed by two Top 10 hits during 1962 and 1963, but a lack of good material meant that he could not sustain a chart presence. In 1962 he appeared on the bill of "The Winifred Atwell Show". From Monday, 17th September, 1962, for one week only, he gave twice nightly performances at the Brighton Hippodrome.

Through work in variety theatre he met his first wife, Millicent Martin, to whom he was married from 1958 to 1960. His second wife was the Olympic runner June Paul with whom he ran an unsuccessful nightclub in Grenada. He was declared bankrupt in 1974 and his second marriage ended. Carroll later married and divorced a third wife, South African-born Glenda Kentridge.
He latterly lived in Hampstead, north London, and was a regular caller to phone-in shows on BBC London 94.9.