Cheryl Cocklin Death
Cheryl passed away on April 1, 2005 at the age of 55 in St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom. Cheryl's cause of death was lung cancer.
When did Cheryl Cocklin die?
April 1, 2005How did Cheryl Cocklin die? What was the cause of death?
Lung cancerHow old was Cheryl Cocklin when died?
55Where did Cheryl Cocklin die? What was the location of death?
St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom
Cheryl Cocklin Birthday and Date of Death
Cheryl Cocklin was born on March 22, 1950 and died on April 1, 2005. Cheryl was 55 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 22, 1950
Date of Death: April 1, 2005
Age at Death: 55
Cheryl Cocklin - Biography
Cheryl Barrymore (born Cheryl Carlisa Cocklin, 22 March 1950 – 1 April 2005) was an English dancer and talent manager, most famous as the ex-wife of Michael Barrymore.
Cheryl and Michael married in 1976, although not until after he had paid off his mother, who threatened to reveal a previous 18-month-long gay love affair. She later claimed, without contradiction from her estranged husband, that they had had a "full" marriage, including connubial relations. With Cheryl as Michael's manager and the mastermind behind his meteoric rise, he won a 1979 edition of New Faces. He later became a panelist on Blankety Blank and the warm-up man for Larry Grayson on the Generation Game.
In November 1995, Michael attended the National Television Awards, where, clearly drunk, he made a rambling, incoherent speech. At an after-show party on a live late night radio show, he publicly declared he was gay and "no longer wanted to live a lie", following which he and Cheryl split up. She later claimed that Michael took the step and didn't tell her because of his talks with Princess Diana.
After several aborted reunions, they divorced in 1997 and Cheryl went on to publish the autobiography Catch a Falling Star, which contained details of their acrimonious split. The couple became estranged, and she ceased acting on her husband's behalf as either agent or manager.
After her split with Michael, Cheryl's health suffered. On 1 April 2005, she died, aged 55, at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital in St John's Wood, having been diagnosed with lung cancer six weeks earlier.
