Alma Cogan
1932–1966 (age 34)
Singer
Biography
Alma Cogan, born in 1932, charmed audiences across the 1950s with a bright, orchestral pop sound and a voice that earned her the nickname “The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice,” while a string of chart hits kept her in high demand on radio and television.
She brought warmth and wit to every performance, helping make post-war popular music feel celebratory, and her life is commemorated in Hertfordshire, where she was laid to rest.