| British-born Australian singer Christie Allen, one of the pop sensations of the Countdown era, has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Her death, at her home in country Western Australia early on Tuesday, was announced in a statement by her former promoter, Mushroom Records founder Michael Gudinski.
Born in Britain in 1954, Allen shifted to Perth with her family and was signed to Mushroom Records by Gudinski in the late 1970s.
She had three top 20 singles in the Australian charts in 1979 and 1980 - Falling In Love, Goosebumps and He's My Number One - and followed up with a gold album, Magic Rhythm.
almost famous, hot in her day though |