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- Birth nameBarbara Jill Gomez
- Jill Gomez was born on September 21, 1942 in New Amsterdam, British Guiana. She was an actress, known for A French Woman (1995), Peter Grimes (1969) and Music Now (1968). She was married to Patrick Carnegy. She died in August 2026 in the UK.
- SpousePatrick Carnegy(2010 - August 11, 2026) (her death)
- After acclaimed beginnings at Glyndebourne, she made national headlines by popping her bikini top at the Royal Opera House in Tippett's The Knot Garden.
- Father, a Trinidadian, was managing director and vice-chairman of Angostura, the famous distillers, and her British mother was a well-known actress and broadcaster in Trinidad.
- Moved to England at age 13 to study voice and piano at London's Royal Academy of Music and later the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where her most important teacher was Walther Gruner.
- Her husband, the music critic Patrick Carnegy, was 15th Earl of Northesk.
- Studied at St. Joseph's Convent in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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