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== Death== In January 1994, while recording her album, ''A Very Fine Love'', in Nashville, Springfield began to feel ill. When she returned to England a few months later, her physicians diagnosed her with [[breast cancer]].<ref name="BBCFarewell">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/295552.stm |title=Fans' Farewell to Dusty |work=BBC News |access-date=29 June 2012 |date=12 March 1999}}</ref> She received months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, and the cancer was found to be in remission.<ref name=allmusic /> In 1995, in apparent good health, she set about to promote the album, which was released that year.<ref>DeCurtis, Anthony. "Rock & Roll: Dusty Springfield: 1939β1999." ''Rolling Stone'' 15 April 1999: 31β2. ''ProQuest''. Web. 5 October 2015</ref> By mid-1996, the cancer had returned, and despite vigorous treatments, Springfield died on 2 March 1999, aged 59, in [[Henley-on-Thames]], Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-dusty-springfield-1078196.html |title=Obituary: Dusty Springfield |newspaper=The Independent |date=4 March 1999 |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/04/arts/dusty-springfield-59-pop-star-of-the-60-s-dies.html |title=Dusty Springfield, 59, Pop Star of the 60's, Dies |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 March 1999 |author=Holden, Stephen |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref> Springfield's funeral service was attended by hundreds of fans and people from the music business, including [[Elvis Costello]], [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]], and the [[Pet Shop Boys]]. It was held at the Anglican St Mary the Virgin church in Henley-on-Thames.<ref name="BBC_3/10/1999">{{cite web | title=Dusty's funeral on Friday | website=[[BBC News]] | date=10 March 1999 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/294271.stm | access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who we are |url=https://www.oxford.anglican.org/who-we-are/ |website=The Diocese of Oxford |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Find a church |url=https://www.oxford.anglican.org/acny/henley/627170/henley-on--thames-st-mary-the-virgin |website=The Diocese of Oxford |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> A marker dedicated to her memory was placed in the church graveyard.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3rd ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 44542). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> In accordance with Springfield's wishes, she was cremated and some of her ashes were buried at Henley, while the rest were scattered by her brother, [[Tom Springfield]], at the [[Cliffs of Moher]] in [[Ireland]].
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