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Glastonbury co-founder dies
22nd December 2007 - 09:49
The co-founder of the Glastonbury Festival, Arabella Spencer-Churchill, has died at her home in Somerset.
Spencer-Churchill, the granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, past away after a short illness. She was 58.
Sir Michael Eavis, said that Spencer-Churchill’s “energy, vitality, and great sense of morality and social responsibility have given her a place in our festival history second to none.”
He also added: “May her place in the great eternity be always peaceful, and perhaps the mysteries of the heavens will accommodate her spirit forever.”
Spencer-Churchill was also the founder of the Children’s World Charity. She was believed to have been suffering from pancreatic cancer, reports the BBC.
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One Response to “Glastonbury co-founder dies”
I am in shock! I cannot believe she is dead!
I have recently read a book about the history of the festival and her contribution was immense and I felt for her when I heard about her story of when she was young. RIP Arabella xxx