Cathy Wayne | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Catherine Anne Warnes |
Born | Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia | 7 December 1949
Died | 20 July 1969 Da Nang, South Vietnam | (aged 19)
Genres | pop, rock |
Occupation(s) | singer, dancer |
Years active | 1965–1969 |
Catherine Anne Warnes (7 December 1949 – 20 July 1969), professionally Cathy Wayne, was an Australian singer and dancer, who was killed during a tour of Vietnam at a United States Marine Base where she was hosting with others a music concert to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War conflict.[1][2][3][4] Wayne had just finished a song at a Non-commissioned officer's club near Da Nang in South Vietnam[2][3] Wayne was hit by a bullet fired from a .22 pistol, fitted with a silencer, which had been stolen at the base.[5] Wayne was the first Australian woman killed during the Vietnam War.[1][2]
Sergeant James Wayne Killen was originally convicted of the unpremeditated murder of Wayne; at his first court-martial it was alleged that he was aiming for his commanding officer, Major Roger E. Simmons.[1][2][3] Wayne had intended to use money earned from her performances in Vietnam to revive her recording career;[1][3] and to marry her fiancé, Clive Cavanagh, who was the drummer for her performance troupe, Sweethearts on Parade.[2] Killen served two years of his sentence in the US, before a second court-martial cleared him of the charge and he was released.[1][5]
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