Erection date: 28/9/2003
Billy Fury, 1940 -1983, singer lived here.
Musical Heritage
NW8, Cavendish Avenue, 1
July 2017: has a photo showing this plaque replaced with a photo of Fury on a sheet of A4 paper, so we've marked the plaque as lost.
April 2020: We are pleased to report that the plaque is back.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Billy Fury
Singer-songwriter.  Born Liverpool as Ronald William Wycherley.  Hits include...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Billy Fury
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