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**deackatera** · 06-24-2010, 12:44 AM

I remember reading the following article in the Sunday Mirror when I was a teenager and completely at the peak of my Kate obsession. I sort of half believed it at the time, being a naive 13 year old and all, and was so excited to see a half page story on my beloved Kate.

Despite it being total and utter bollocks, the headline has stuck in my head for all these years and even though it has absolutely no truth in it, I thought I'd post it to show how in the mid-nineties Kate totally dropped off the radar and the papers would write any old crap about her!

Heathcliff! It's me, it's Cathy, I've gone potty

Sunday Mirror, Sep 22, 1996 | by FIONA WHITTY

It Was the song that shot her to stardom in the Seventies.

But now Kate Bush's obsession with Wuthering Heights has gone beyond a joke.

Shrill-voiced Kate, 38, is living as a virtual recluse ...and she's taken to calling herself Catherine Earnshaw, the tragic heroine in the Emily Bronte novel.

The once-sexy singer - who has lost her slim, good looks - has long admitted she is fascinated by the story of love-crossed Cathy and the novel's romantic hero, Heathcliff, portrayed by Laurence Olivier in the 1944 film Wuthering Heights.

And as her career has faded, her Wuthering Heights obsession has grown. A friend said last night: "Kate used to just use the name occasionally, but it's coming out more and more now. She has even signed herself Catherine Earnshaw on a voters' register. "

Wuthering Heights was Kate's first single in 1978. It was Number One in the charts for four weeks. In it, she uses her legendary, high- pitched voice to sing: "Heathcliff, it's me, it's Cathy, I've come home."

The erotic image made her into one of the most drooled-over sex symbols of the time. But the GP's daughter now lives her life behind closed doors. Her pounds 500,000 home, just a few miles from where she was brought up in Bexleyheath, Kent, is shrouded by trees.

The huge wooden gates are guarded by security cameras and an intercom system.

Neighbours say they rarely see or hear the woman once hailed as the best British female singer ever.

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06-24-2010, 12:44 AM	#15
deackatera Join Date Dec 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	I remember reading the following article in the Sunday Mirror when I was a teenager and completely at the peak of my Kate obsession. I sort of half believed it at the time, being a naive 13 year old and all, and was so excited to see a half page story on my beloved Kate. Despite it being total and utter bollocks, the headline has stuck in my head for all these years and even though it has absolutely no truth in it, I thought I'd post it to show how in the mid-nineties Kate totally dropped off the radar and the papers would write any old crap about her! Heathcliff! It's me, it's Cathy, I've gone potty Sunday Mirror, Sep 22, 1996 \| by FIONA WHITTY It Was the song that shot her to stardom in the Seventies. But now Kate Bush's obsession with Wuthering Heights has gone beyond a joke. Shrill-voiced Kate, 38, is living as a virtual recluse ...and she's taken to calling herself Catherine Earnshaw, the tragic heroine in the Emily Bronte novel. The once-sexy singer - who has lost her slim, good looks - has long admitted she is fascinated by the story of love-crossed Cathy and the novel's romantic hero, Heathcliff, portrayed by Laurence Olivier in the 1944 film Wuthering Heights. And as her career has faded, her Wuthering Heights obsession has grown. A friend said last night: "Kate used to just use the name occasionally, but it's coming out more and more now. She has even signed herself Catherine Earnshaw on a voters' register. " Wuthering Heights was Kate's first single in 1978. It was Number One in the charts for four weeks. In it, she uses her legendary, high- pitched voice to sing: "Heathcliff, it's me, it's Cathy, I've come home." The erotic image made her into one of the most drooled-over sex symbols of the time. But the GP's daughter now lives her life behind closed doors. Her pounds 500,000 home, just a few miles from where she was brought up in Bexleyheath, Kent, is shrouded by trees. The huge wooden gates are guarded by security cameras and an intercom system. Neighbours say they rarely see or hear the woman once hailed as the best British female singer ever. Located on this archiving site: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...g=content;col1
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