Career
Irdawaty began her singing career in 1970, and also had a film and television acting career. In 2008, she was diagnosed with cancer. On the night of 9 December 2013, she was admitted to the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) after falling unconscious.
Azean Irdawaty died from liver failure, caused by cancer, on 17 December, aged 63, at the hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territories.