Career
Cavanagh first came to prominence as Amber in children"s stage school drama The Biz in 1996/7 in which she sang, acted and danced. She also took part in 2 episodes of The Famous Five as Jo, the gypsy girl in the 1990s adaptation of the Enid Blyton novels. In the Famous Five, she was role as one of there closest friends.
Following her initial acting success Cavanagh started to focus more on her music and in 2002 was thrust back into the public eye in the United Kingdom reality contest People’s Idol.
She got through to the final fifty but did not progress to the finals. In late 2002 she had reportedly signed a management contract and had recorded tracks.
One of which would be released as her debut single. On 3 November 2002 Vanessa Cavanagh was travelling in her boyfriends Ford Escort when it crashed into the central reservation.
She was killed instantly.
At the same time there were a number of accidents and even more deaths involving People’s Idol contestants, leading some people to believe in a "curse".
