Overview

• Her children Jacqui and Alec Dankworth announced she died peacefully aged 97 and asked for space to mourn her loss
• Over a seven-decade career she mastered a four-octave range and became one of the foremost exponents of scat singing
• She and husband Sir John Dankworth founded The Stables in Wavendon in 1970 to host concerts and nurture emerging musicians
• Laine remains the only female artist nominated for Grammy Awards in pop, jazz and classical categories, and she received an OBE in 1979 and a damehood in 1997
• Her international acclaim was cemented by sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall and performances on Broadway, elevating British jazz abroad