1. Patti Flynn was a founder and patron of Black History Wales.
11 Facts About Patti Flynn
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Patti Flynn was born Patricia Maude Young, April 1937 in Sophia Street, Cardiff.
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Patti Flynn was the youngest child of six to Wilmott George Young and Beatrice Young.
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Patti Flynn's father was merchant seaman from Jamaica arrived in Cardiff at the end of the First World War.
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Patti Flynn's father came to Cardiff during the 1920s and during the Second World War her father lost his life when his ship, the Ocean Vanguard, was torpedoed off the coast of Trinidad in 1942.
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Patti Flynn went on to have a career as a jazz singer, and was a contemporary of Shirley Bassey, who was born in the area of Tiger Bay.
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Patti Flynn was an author, radio actress and was co-founder of the Butetown Bay Jazz Festival.
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One of the highlights of Patti Flynn's career was appearing in the hit West End Show Bubbling Brown Sugar.
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Patti Flynn campaigned valiantly for 26 years to have a monument erected and together in 2019, Patti Flynn, Uzo Iwobi and Race Council Cymru worked with Deputy Minister and Chief Whip Jane Hutt MS, Cllr Susan Elsmore, Cardiff Council, Royal Commonwealth Society Wales, British Legion and British Armed Forces represented by Colonel Jonah MacGill and the stone masons organised to have the monument installed.
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Patti Flynn was a founder and patron of Black History Wales.
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Patti Flynn died of cancer on 10 September 2020, aged 83 years.