| Birth: | Oct. 17, 1933 | | Death: | Mar. 30, 1985 | 
Singer. Known as the "The Singing Nun." In French she was known as "Soeur Sourire" or "Sister Smile." She entered the Fichermont Dominican Convent in Waterloo, Belgium in 1959 and took the name "Soeur Luc Gabrielle." She had her great international hit "Dominique" in 1963, which she wrote in honor the founder of her order, St. Dominique. In 1967 she changed her religious name to "Soeur Luc Dominique." She was unhappy with the changes brought about in the Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council and left the religious life in 1967 before taking her final vows to pursue a recording career. She was not successful in this enterprise and founded a school for autistic children with friend Annie Pecher. The school had financial problems and she was hounded by the Belgian government for $63,000 in back taxes for money earned by the song "Dominique." As a recording artist in a convent, she had taken the vow of poverty and had contributed all the profits to her religious order. In a state of severe depression, she and friend Annie Pecher downed a fatal dose alcohol and barbiturates on March 30, 1985, in Wavre, Belgium.
Search Amazon for Jeanine Deckers | | | Burial:
Cheremont Cemetery
Wavre
Walloon Brabant, Belgium |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Aug 01, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 11350 |
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Do good for people who are in need and get suffer at the hands of a goverment. Sad indeed. You're contributions to people and your song was wonderful. Rest In Peace Sister.
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Flatfoot Billy
Added: Nov. 25, 2009 |
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Charleen Grube
Added: Oct. 17, 2009 |
Happy Birthday! RIP
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Cindy
Added: Oct. 17, 2009 |
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