Former Britain’s Got Talent contestant Audrey Leybourne has died aged 95. The singer and actress won hearts on the ITV talent show in May 2018, belting out I Wanna Be Loved By You from the 1928 musical Good Boy.
Audrey died in the early hours of Thursday morning, the vicar of her church told the PA news agency after he was contacted by her next of kin. The Rev Simon Grigg of St Paul’s in Covent Garden, also known as the Actors’ Church, said she was an “amazing lady” with an “extraordinary career” and had been working up until 18 months ago.
He announced her death in a post on the church’s Facebook page which said: “It is with deep sadness that we report the death of our much loved friend Audrey Leybourne, who died early on Thursday morning. She was a remarkable person, a real ‘trouper’ of an actress (starting her career with Sir Donald Wolfit, no less) and a much loved member of St. Paul’s.
