Jeannette Obstoj | |
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Birth name | Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj |
Born | 5 June 1949 |
Died | 26 March 2015 | (aged 65)
Occupation(s) | Lyricist, video-maker, music video director, poet, graphic artist |
Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj (5 June 1949 – 26 March 2015) was a British lyricist, video-maker, music video director, poet and graphic artist, known for the songs she has written for Tina Turner ("I Might Have Been Queen", "Break Every Rule"), The Fixx ("Secret Separation"), Dusty Springfield ("Arrested by You") and Wilson Phillips ("Release Me") and her collaboration with Rupert Hine on his albums Immunity, Waving Not Drowning and Wildest Wish to Fly.
Obstoj died on 26 March 2015 after a short and sudden illness.