CILLA BLACK tragically died on August 1, 2015. Her close friend later revealed he felt she had 'willed' herself to die in the months leading up to her death ...
He added: "Her mother was ill for two years and she had the same complaint and she said she was never going to linger like that." From first meeting her as a cloakroom girl at the Cavern in Liverpool, to seeing her many times since, she always had a fun loving dignity that made her a great pleasure to be around She had a fine distinctive voice and was always a bit of a laugh. She knew something we didn't. She knew she was going to die and she said she wasn't going to linger like her mother." I don't know what her mother died of but it seemed she associated it with her mother's death and she just knew it was going to happen." She also had her own variety show, titled Cilla. But in her final years of life, she was not happy. On top of her singing career - of which she was known for the massive track Anyone Who Had a Heart - she was also the main attraction of the reality show Blind Date which she hosted.
Cilla Black was a singer and TV presenter from Liverpool. She hit the big time in the 60s with her number one singles Anyone Who Had A Heart and You're My ...
He was a good looking boy, a natural platinum blond. Cilla added: "Bobby was offered his own recording contract. I knew it couldnโt work. But he wasnโt a natural performer." โBut I made him say no. Cilla was also famously close with the Beatles in the 60s, and she was one of the first female artists to be signed by their manager, Brian Epstein.