Jacqueline du Pré

English cellist, born 26 January 1945 in Oxford, England, UK and died 19 October 1987 in London, England, UK. She was regarded as one of the greatest cellists of the second half of the twentieth century, her career was cut short by the demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at the age of 27. She was married to Daniel Barenboim.