HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dame Vera Lynn! 100 today! :-)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dame Vera Lynn! 100 today! :-)

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A very Happy Birthday to The Force's Sweetheart - Dame Vera Lynn, as she reaches 100 years old today! :-D

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Happy 100th Birthday, Dame Vera Lynn!
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Happy 100th Birthday to a great lady! :D
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Happy Birthday, Dame Vera! How does it feel to be 100 when the majority of your contemporaries died long ago? I have always wondered. :D
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Happy 100th Dame Vera Lynn. Truly a wonderful lady. :D
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Yes, Happy Birthday, Dame Vera! :D There was a wonderful programme on the BBC the other night to celebrate her 100th — well worth watching online if you missed it (it may only be available to viewers in the UK though): Dame Vera Lynn: Happy 100th Birthday They've also put together a lovely photo gallery of her life. What an inspiration she was and still is.
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Happy Birthday to the 'Forces Sweetheart' :D

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I enjoyed the programme about her the other night... she's wonderful for 100. Happy Birthday to her.
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Happy birthday Dame Vera.
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Happy Birthday to a true Star! They certainly don't make em like our Vera anymore! :D
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To celebrate, Classic FM played the heavenly duet of Vera Lynn & Aled Jones singing
AS TIME GOES BY, a special song for a special occasion
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