Editing Clodagh Rodgers (section)

{{Short description|Northern Irish singer (1947–2025)}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| background        = person
| name              = Clodagh Rodgers
| image             = Clodagh Rodgers.jpg
| caption           = Rodgers in 1970
| birth_name        = <!-- leave empty if the same "name" -->
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1947|03|05}}
| birth_place       = [[Warrenpoint]], [[County Down]], Northern Ireland
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2025|04|18|1947|03|05}}
| death_place       = [[Cobham, Surrey|Cobham]], [[Surrey]], England
| genre             = Pop
| occupation        = {{Hlist|Singer|actress}}
| years_active      = 1961–2015
| label             = [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia (EMI)]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Pye Records|Precision Records]]
| spouse            = {{Marriage|John Morris|1968|1979|end=div}}<br>{{Marriage|Ian Sorbie|1987|1995|end=died}}
}}

'''Clodagh Rodgers''' (5 March 1947 – 18 April 2025) was a Northern Irish{{Efn|Sources referring to her as Northern Irish include:<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 April 2025 |title=Clodagh Rodgers: Eurovision star from Northern Ireland dies aged 78 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2025/04/19/clodagh-rodgers-eurovision-star-from-northern-ireland-dies-aged-78/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 April 2025 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |quote=The Northern Irish star secured fourth place in the competition, (...)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=19 April 2025 |title=Irish Eurovision star Clodagh Rodgers dies, aged 78 |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0419/1508511-irish-eurovision-star-clodagh-rodgers-dies-aged-78/ |journal=[[RTÉ]] |access-date=19 April 2025 |quote=Northern Irish singer and actress Clodagh Rodgers, (...)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |date=19 April 2025 |title=Clodagh Rodgers: Eurovision star and face of Bisto gravy dies |url=https://news.sky.com/story/clodagh-rodgers-eurovision-star-and-face-of-bisto-gravy-dies-13351655 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=[[Sky News]] |quote=The Northern Irish singer was described as "the rock of this family" by her son Sam, (...)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brinsford |first1=James |last2=Denman |first2=Amy |last3=Beale |first3=Hollie |date=19 April 2025 |title=Eurovision legend Clodagh Rodgers dies as family pay devastating tribute |url=https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/eurovision-legend-clodagh-rodgers-dies-35085308 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=[[Irish Daily Star]] |quote=Northern Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers has died}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carrick |first=Heather |date=19 April 2025 |title=Eurovision legend Clodagh Rodgers dies aged 78 after three-year battle with illness |url=https://www.nationalworld.com/news/obituaries/clodagh-rodgers-eurovision-legend-dies-aged-78-illness-5091106 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=[[National World]] |quote=Away from her Eurovision participation, the Northern Irish singer experience[d] chart success}}</ref>}} singer, best known for her hit singles including "[[Come Back and Shake Me]]", "Goodnight Midnight" and "[[Jack in the Box (song)|Jack in the Box]]" and albums including ''[[You Are My Music]]'', ''It's Different Now'' and ''[[Save Me (Clodagh Rodgers song)|Save Me]]''. 

Rodgers was born in [[County Down]] in 1947 and started singing at the age of 13. She made her television debut in September 1962.

She represented the United Kingdom at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1971|1971 Eurovision Song Contest]] with "Jack in the Box", and finished in fourth place. After the contest, the single reached #4 on the [[UK singles chart]]. 

After her divorce in 1979, Rodgers stopped making new music and reduced her live appearances. She released two final singles in 1980 and her last overall release was a 2012 CD.

Rodgers was married twice, first to John Morris, who later became her manager. They had a son and divorced in 1979. She was later married to guitarist Ian Sorbie, with whom she had a son, from 1987 until his death from cancer in 1995.

Rodgers lived the last years of her life in [[Surrey]] in relative obscurity until her death in 2025.