“It’s My Column and I’ll Write What I Want To”
17th May 2012
John Derbyshire, Patron Saint of Dyspepsia, has some thoughts.
What had happened was that the singer’s femur had partially disintegrated, a portion of bone actually breaking away from the shaft. Incredibly, Ferrier’s singing was so mesmerizing, the audience had no idea anything was wrong. She had been diagnosed with cancer two years before and died from the disease eight months later. Ferrier was born in 1912. That’s the centenary I missed.
His stuff is always interesting, which is why you ought to Support John Derbyshire (See link at right on the home page.)