As Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam had a string of hits in the 1960s and 70s, including Wild World and Morning Has Broken.

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As a singer Cat Stevens had a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including Moon Shadow, Wild World and Morning Has Broken.

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Hymns included We Plough The Fields and Scatter and Morning Has Broken, and the service featured a BBC Shipping Forecast in celebration of Mr Beales's love of the natural world.

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