On This Day — 5 October

5 October 1999

• ——: Daily Record - Obsessed Fan Preyed On My Poor Lena.

5 October 1999

• ——: This Morning - The show contained a discussion on eating disorders following Lena Zavaroni's death a few days earlier.

5 October 2011

• ——: Citizens Commission on Human Rights - Reports of Lena Zavaroni’s death, described as one of natural causes, is littered with failures and nebulous explanations about the treatment she received during the years leading up to her death. Many give mere justifications why the treatments did not work and emphasise the “huge problems faced in attempting to treat her illness.”