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But nobly, self-sacrificingly, thinking only of the good of others, I forced myself to investigate areas of art into which perhaps I had up to now taken little interest.

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In 2000 she talked with PBS producer David Willcock about how she chose the American museums to feature in her series "Sister Wendy's American Collection": "If I had stuck just to what I myself love best, every program would have been exactly the same, because each of these museums has superb holdings in my four favorite areas – medieval art, Oriental art, ceramics, and the Old Masters. She also wrote 15 books on art and religion. Her debut was followed by several other series, including "Sister Wendy's Odyssey," and "Sister Wendy's Grand Tour," in which she visited landmarks of art in Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Florence, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid and elsewhere.

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The series was a hit, and made the 61-year-old an unlikely TV star. Standing in front of paintings in her nun's habit, Sister Wendy discussed artwork without a script or teleprompter. She would maintain the responsibilities of a hermitic life even after appearing as the host of a BBC documentary series, "Moving Art," in 1991. She returned to England in 1970, moving into a trailer on the grounds of the Carmelite Monastery in East Anglia. Born in South Africa, raised in Scotland and educated at Oxford, Sister Wendy Beckett (February 25, 1930-December 26, 2018) was a sister of the Catholic Church who taught literature in Cape Town until she suffered three grand mal seizures and was diagnosed with a form of epilepsy. She was a nun who became a television star, talking about art history and rhapsodizing about classical depictions of male and female nudes. As I get older, I want to do new things while I still have time." In 2015 he told The Scottish Mail, "I tend not to look back too often. Play excerpt: Marmalade's "Reflections of My Life" He returned to music in the late '80s, including his 2017 solo album, "Feel My Heartbeat." (Pictured: His eponymous 1975 album.) Marmalade toured with Joe Cocker and The Who, but after moving to the United States, Ford entered AA and conquered his alcoholism. Prior to Marmalade, he was lead singer of Dean Ford and The Gaylords, whose songs included "Twenty Miles." He co-wrote their hits "Reflections of My Life" and "I See the Rain," and recorded a cover of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" that went to #1 in the U.K. Scottish singer-songwriter Dean Ford (September 5, 1946-December 31, 2018) was best known as the frontman for the pop group Marmalade in the late '60s-early '70s.

The Associated Press contributed to this gallery. A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.īy senior producer David Morgan.