Dame Felicity’s agent told the BBC that “in her work, she was sublime; inhabiting every performance with precision, depth and beauty”.
“But it was her humanity and kindness that really touched people… [We] will miss her warmth, sparkle and gloriously self-deprecating humor,” the agent said.
Dame Felicity lived with “her illness with great dignity and acceptance” and “was characteristically classy and elegant to the end”, the agent added.
Born on 8 May, 1947 in Cheltenham, Dame Felicity was musical from an early age.
At five-years-old she was playing the piano and by 12 she was singing and playing violin.
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