 By mid-1996, the cancer had returned, and despite vigorous treatments, she died in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on 2 March 1999.Her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame occurred two weeks after her death.Her friend Elton John helped induct her into the Hall of Fame, declaring, "I'm biased, but I just think she was the greatest white singer there ever has been ... every song she sang, she claimed as her own."