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19th Sep 2019

Irish Eurovision singer Sandie Jones has died

Rudi Kinsella

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Sandie Jones has died at the age of 68.

Irish singer Sandie Jones, who represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest has died, aged 68.

Jones sang at the competition in 1972, with her song ‘Ceol an Ghrá’.

She was the only person to have sung in Irish in the Eurovision.

According to RTÉ, the Crumlin born singer had been living in the US and had been ill for some time.

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