Vale: Cilla Black
British performer best known for her pop hits and TV presenting, has died.
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British performer Cilla Black, best known for her pop hits and TV presenting, has died, aged 72.
The singer of such hits as Anyone Who Had a Heart and You’re My World is believed to have died of natural causes in her Spanish home.
Born Priscilla White, she released 14 albums but later established herself as a television personality, presenting hit shows including Surprise Surprise and Blind Date.
In 1968, she became the first woman to have her own prime-time chat show on BBC One.
Last year she was awarded an outstanding contribution prize at the BAFTA Television Awards. Andrew Newman, the chairman of BAFTA’s television committee, said: “From hosting her own show for the BBC in ’68 to defining ITV entertainment throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Cilla has been an extremely popular and hugely influential entertainer throughout her long career in television.”
In more recent years, despite suffering from arthritis and deafness, she remained in the public eye.
Her rise to stardom was recently told in three-part drama, Cilla, starring Sheridan Smith.
Source: Telegraph
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7 Responses
Oh this is a shock, I thought she would be too young to die of natural causes.
Ey chook, thanks fer the laffs!
Cilla was a great talented Lady always was a favourite of mine R.I.P Cilla you will be missed
Very sad news. RIP Cilla.
Was such a sad way to end the weekend when this news came through last night. She was a wonderful talent and a joy to watch and listen to. Sadly missed.
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Yep…saw that in my news feed…another from my youth gone…*sigh*