On This Day 17 October 1980 —— ( years ago). The Lena Zavaroni Show - The Webbington, Weston-Super-Mare. 17 October 1981 —— ( years ago). On BBC Radio 2 Saturday Night is Gala Night - A Century of Song 1881-1981. 17 October 1984 —— ( years ago). Lena Zavaroni is one of the guests on TV-AM. 17 October 1999 —— ( years ago). The Mail on Sunday (London, England) - I Had Lena’s Operation and Now I Wish I Had Not Survived; A Bulimia Sufferer Tells of the Torment Which Led the Tragic Singer to Risk Brain Surgery Comments