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Original Title: TIL Judith Durham, lead singer of iconic 1960s band The Seekers, was scheduled to sing “The Carnival Is Over” at the closing ceremony for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney; however, she broke her hip. A month later, she would perform the song at the closing ceremony for the Paralympics from a wheelchair.