Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Desperate family's worst fears came true when their girl died on mental health ward slammed by inspectors
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA devastated family say they were terrified that if their teenage girl remained on a mental health ward, she would die there.
Their worst fears were confirmed when, earlier this year, Nevaeh Owen died a few months after being transferred onto an adult ward in the grounds of the Royal Bolton Hospital.
At Bolton Coroner’s Court today (August 6), ahead of an inquest into Nevaeh’s death, the family’s legal representatives told of how the teenager’s mother and father feared that ‘if Nevaeh remained on Oak Ward she would die’.
The court then heard how Oak Ward had been slammed by hospital regulators for major safety risks during an inspection in 2022, two years before her death.
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