Sirima was a British singer (14 February 1964, Isleworth

Isleworth

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 in County Middlesex

Middlesex

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 - 7 December 1989) with Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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n origins. She was primarily known for her duet "Là-bas

Là-bas (song)

"Là-bas" is a 1987 song recorded as a duet by the French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman and the British-born artist Sirima. It was the second single from Goldman's 1987 album Entre gris clair et gris foncé...

", recorded in 1987 with Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...

, which was a number two hit in France

France

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.

She was murdered by her companion Kahatra Sasorith, who stabbed her three weeks after the release of her single "A Part of Me". She was the mother of a son named Kym.