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Jacqueline Du Pre'

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Musician

The Resume

    (January 26, 1945-October 19, 1987)
    Died from multiple sclerosis (MS) at 42
    Subject of the 1998 film 'Hilary and Jackie'

Why she might be annoying:

    Music critics were offended by her musicality on stage.
    She grew up well-to-do.
    She had an affair with her sister Hilary's husband.
    In 1967, she converted to Judaism to marry pianist/conductor Daniel Barenboim.
    She had suicidal tendencies.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Doctors initially misdiagnosed her illness as stress.
    Conductor Leonard Bernstein insisted she play, although she protested due to numbness in her fingers. He called it 'nervousness.'
    As she succumbed to the physical effects of MS, her husband had two children with another woman.
    She is called one of the greatest cellists of all time.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 83 Votes: 57.83% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 182 Votes: 44.51% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 48.20% Annoying