Helen Reddy was 'desperate' to come back to Australia before her death

Helen Reddy was 'desperate' to come back to Australia before her death
Helen Reddy was 'desperate' to come back to Australia before her death
Helen Reddy was 'desperate' to come back to Australia before her death last year in Los Angeles, say friends

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Singer Helen Reddy reportedly wanted to return to her home country of Australia before her death last year.

Reddy died in Los Angeles, California, last September at the age of 78, after a five-year battle with dementia.

According to her closest friends and family, the I Am Woman star 'missed Australia' and was 'desperate' to come back home. 

Homesick: Singer Helen Reddy reportedly wanted to return to her home country of Australia before her death in Los Angeles last year. Pictured in January 2015

Homesick: Singer Helen Reddy reportedly wanted to return to her home country of Australia before her death in Los Angeles last year. Pictured in January 2015

'In her last few years, Helen would tell me during our regular phone chats that she wanted to come home,' Australian actor Barry Crocker told New Idea.      

'She missed Australia, her friends, and she really wanted to be with her cherished sister, entertainer Toni Lamond,' he added. 

Crocker said it wasn't possible for Reddy to return, however,

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