Cathy Wayne

Catherine Anne Warnes (7 December 1949 – 20 July 1969), professionally Cathy Wayne, was an Australian singer and dancer, who was killed during a tour of Vietnam at a United States Marine Base where she was hosting with others a music concert to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War conflict. Wayne had just finished a song at a Non-commissioned officer's club near Da Nang in South Vietnam Sweethearts on Parade consisted of Wayne on lead vocals, Clive Cavanagh on drums, Jacqui Edwards as a Go-Go dancer, Rick Hoare on guitar, Jeff Howison as MC, singer and comedian, Jimmy Taylor on organ and bass guitar, and Natalia Woloch as a Go–Go dancer. but Wayne insisted and intended to use money earned from her performances in Vietnam to restart her recording career. Taylor was interviewed on the events of Wayne's death as footage of a Sweethearts on Parade performance was shown (see screenshot at left). As of April 2015 the actual shooter had not been identified. Based on Morrison's research, the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry on Warnes was amended in June 2015. Australian journalist Toby Creswell described Warnes' death in February 2024 as "best-known tragedy to befall an entertainer in Vietnam" and that her killer, "probably a US serviceman", was never convicted.