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Birth Name: Melanie Susan Appleby
Date of Birth: 11 July, 1966
Place of Birth: Stepney, London, England, U.K.
Date of Death: 18 January, 1990
Place of Death: Westminster, London, England, U.K.
Ethnicity: * father – English * mother – African-Jamaican
Melanie Appleby was a British singer. She was one half of singing duo Mel and Kim, with her sister Kim Appleby. They hit number one in the U.K. with their song, “Respectable.” She initially worked as a glamour model; she was part of a photo shoot for Mayfair in 1987.
Her father was British, and white. Her mother was Jamaican.