Biography
Dimech is the daughter of a Belgian-Congolese father -of Maltese descent- and a Spanish mother. Her mother is originally from the Canary Islands. Because of her grandparents' import-export business, she lived with her parents first in London, where she was born; and later in Chicago and La Habra, California, where she grew up. After her parents' separation at age 12, she moved to Barcelona with her mother and younger brother and sister. Having grown up in the United States, Dimech initially spoke only English when she first moved to Spain. She was placed in an American school at first, but later befriended some local Spanish children who helped teach her Spanish.
After the band split up at the end of the 1960s, Jeanette moved to Vienna with her husband, a Hungarian football player named Laszlo Kristof. Jeanette had a quiet life devoted to routine domestic work. Their relationship produced a daughter, Blythe.
Jeanette currently lives in Barcelona and is preparing a comeback after more than 20 years with a new album in 2011.
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