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Theatre and cinema organist
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Florence De Jong (née Baga) (1894-1990) was a theatre and cinema organist.
De Jong was born in Holborn, London and learned piano at school.
She had three sisters, all professional musicians, as was their father. The youngest sister, Ena Baga, was also an organist, billed as "Queen of the Keyboard".
As well as cinemas, she also played on cruise liners.
She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 7 April 1973.
Olivier Award winner Martyn Jacques, of the band Tiger Lillies, was her pupil, and has dedicated a performance to her memory.