Grace Darling [SEP] cause of death
in the final stages of her illness she was conveyed to the place of her birth, in Bamburgh. Grace Darling died of tuberculosis in October 1842, aged 26.
Legacy.
Darling's achievement was celebrated in her lifetime: she received a large financial reward in addition to the plaudits of the nation. A number of fictionalised depictions propagated the Grace Darling legend, such as "Grace Darling, or the Maid of the Isles" by Jerrold Vernon (1839), which gave birth to the legend of “the
, The York Stars, July 2010 to help promote Grace Darling and the work of the RNLI.
The children's singing group "The Limeliters" sang a different "Grace Darling" (featuring the refrain "Help, help, came a desperate yelp!") in their 1962 album, recorded live in concert, "Through Children's Eyes".
In 1992 indie band The Hit Parade released "Grace Darling" a song that imagines the death of Grace Darling in Bamburgh.
In 2017 Duke Special set