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Witness History: Judy Garland: The final shows

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Judy Garland: The final shows

17/08/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Judy Garland: The final shows

The last performances of Judy Garland in January 1969

Judy Garland, the world famous singer and former child star, gave her final public performances in London in January 1969, a few months before her death.

Judy Garland ended her long and glitzy stage and screen career at a London theatre club in January 1969. She was booked for five weeks of nightly shows at the 'Talk of the Town', but by that time, the former child star of the 'Wizard of Oz' was struggling with a drug and drink addiction. 

In 2019, Mike Lanchin heard the memories of Rosalyn Wilder, then a young production assistant, whose job was to try to get Judy Garland on stage each night.

(Photo: Judy Garland performing in one of her final shows. Credit: Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

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