TRAGIC singer Lena Zavaroni could have been a big international star like Celine Dion if she hadn’t been struck down with anorexia, according to her cousin. The tiny entertainer from the Isle of Bute, shot to fame 50 years ago when she won the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks aged just nine. 8 Lena shot to fame after her Opportunity Knocks appearance 8 The child star even met Frank Sinatra 8 The singer died after a battle with anorexia Lena went on to perform for royalty, a US President , met Frank Sinatra and even had her own primetime Saturday night show before the extreme eating disorder prematurely ended her life when she died aged just 35, weighing less than four stone.
But Lena’s cousin Margaret Zavaroni firmly believes had she lived, the singer would have been a on a par with Canadian superstar Celine, who performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris this summer . Speaking to The Scottish Sun on Sunday, Margaret, 70, says: “Lena had this grown-up singing voice which came out of this wee person. “To date I’ve never heard anyone who sang or performed on stage like Lena.
There’s not one person of today anywhere like her. READ MORE IN TV 'SO ANGRY' Kylie Minogue tickets flogged for over £1k hours after Glasgow show sells out CELEB SUPPORT TV and movie stars send love to Janey Godley as she begins end-of-life care “The only person who comes even close is Celine Dion. Had Lena not fallen ill she would still have been performing at the very .