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Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She was 79.

International hits included “The Carnival is Over,” “I’ll Never Find Another You,” “A World of Our Own” and “Georgy Girl.”

Best known for "Georgy Girl," The Seekers is the first Australian band to achieve major sales success in the U.K. and U.S.

Judith Durham in 2015; Scott Barbour/Getty ImagesJudith Durham, longtime lead singer of the Australian pop-folk group The Seekers, died on Friday, August 5, at

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Durham died Friday in Melbournes Alfred Hospital after an extended battle with lung disease.

Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She was 79.

Judith Durham, singer of the legendary Australian classic pop and folk group The Seekers, has died at the age of 79.

Judith Durham, the Australian folk hero who recorded worldwide hits with the Sixties band the Seekers, has died at the age of 79.

I was really introduced to popular music in the early 1960s by my cousin, Brenda Gibson (later, married name “Herron”) and her family. Brenda’s mother, Irene, worked at Joseph’s Music […]