Cynthia Payne Leland. Payne made appearances as an after-dinner speaker and launched a range of "adult" services and products in 2006. Payne died on 15 November 2015, aged 82. Her family celebrated her life a month later with a colourful humanist funeral, in accordance with her wishes. Cynthia Payne Cynthia Payne (24 December 193215 November 2015) was an English brothel keeper and party hostess who made headlines in the 1970s and 1980s, when she was acquitted of running a brothel at 32 Ambleside Avenue, in Streatham, a southwestern suburb of London. Payne first came to national attention in 1978 when police raided
HSC Cecilia Payne HSC Cecilia Payne HSC "Cecilia Payne" is a high-speed ferry owned and operated by Baleària. The vessel operates between Dénia, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca. The vessel is named after British–American astrophysicist Cecilia Payne. "Cecilia Payne" was constructed by Austal Ships in Henderson, Australia, at a cost IR£29million. The vessel was launched in February 1999 and was delivered to Dublin in May 1999, before entering service in July 1999. The vessel is of a catamaran design. Power is provided by four Caterpillar 3618 diesel engines with a total output of 28,800 kW. The vessel employs four Kamewa waterjets for propulsion