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Melanie Susan Appleby (11 July 1966 - 18 January 1990) was one half of the 1980s English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 duo
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 Mel and Kim
Mel and Kim

Mel and Kim were an British people musical act that achieved success in the late 1980s....
.

Born in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in East London, and forms part of inner London and North London....
, London
London

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 of mixed-race to a Jamaica
Jamaica

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n father and a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 mother, Appleby initially worked as a glamour model
Glamour photography

Glamour photography is the photography of a photographic model with the emphasis on the subject. Photographers use a combination of cosmetics, lighting and airbrushing techniques to produce the most physically appealing image of the model possible....
 (In 1987 she did a photo shoot for Mayfair) and then joined her sister Kim Appleby
Kim Appleby

Kim Appleby , is a mixed-race England singer, songwriter and actor. She participated in the duet Mel and Kim, with her sister Melanie Appleby, until her sister's death from cancer....
 to form Mel and Kim, enjoying considerable chart
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
 success during the mid and late 1980s.

died in Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, of pneumonia
Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an Inflammation illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolus inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid ....
 following treatment for spinal cancer
Spinal tumor

Spinal tumors are neoplasms located in the spinal cord. They are mostly metastasis from primary cancers elsewhere . Primary tumors may be benign or malignant in nature....
 on 18 January 1990.






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Melanie Susan Appleby (11 July 1966 - 18 January 1990) was one half of the 1980s English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 duo
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 Mel and Kim
Mel and Kim

Mel and Kim were an British people musical act that achieved success in the late 1980s....
.

Born in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in East London, and forms part of inner London and North London....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 of mixed-race to a Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
n father and a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 mother, Appleby initially worked as a glamour model
Glamour photography

Glamour photography is the photography of a photographic model with the emphasis on the subject. Photographers use a combination of cosmetics, lighting and airbrushing techniques to produce the most physically appealing image of the model possible....
 (In 1987 she did a photo shoot for Mayfair) and then joined her sister Kim Appleby
Kim Appleby

Kim Appleby , is a mixed-race England singer, songwriter and actor. She participated in the duet Mel and Kim, with her sister Melanie Appleby, until her sister's death from cancer....
 to form Mel and Kim, enjoying considerable chart
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
 success during the mid and late 1980s.

Death

She died in Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, of pneumonia
Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an Inflammation illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolus inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid ....
 following treatment for spinal cancer
Spinal tumor

Spinal tumors are neoplasms located in the spinal cord. They are mostly metastasis from primary cancers elsewhere . Primary tumors may be benign or malignant in nature....
 on 18 January 1990. Appleby was first diagnosed with cancer in December 1985, prior to the success of Mel & Kim, when she had an operation to remove a large tumour on her liver
Liver

The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion....
. The cancer returned to her spine
Vertebral column

In human anatomy, the vertebral column is a column of 24 vertebrae, the sacrum, intervertebral discs, and the coccyx situated in the dorsum aspect of the torso, separated by spinal discs....
 in mid 1987. During her lengthy health problems towards the end of her life, her condition was for some time rumoured to be a spinal disc herniation
Spinal disc herniation

A spinal disc herniation ', incorrectly called a "slipped disc", is a medical condition affecting the Vertebral column, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc ' allows the soft, central portion to hernia....
 resulting from the energetic dance routines performed by the pair. However, after initial denials of the seriousness of her condition were released, the fact that she was suffering from cancer was eventually confirmed.

It was reported by their agents on 19 January 1990 that a few days earlier she had been admitted to hospital with a common cold, but that as a result of the cancer treatment she was receiving her immune system had been unable to fight this off and the cold had developed into pneumonia. She died at the age of 23 and is buried in East Finchley Cemetery
East Finchley Cemetery

East Finchley Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in East Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The facilities are owned and managed by the City of Westminster....
.