BRITAIN-CILLA BLACK/SPANISH HOME Fans pay tribute near Cilla Black's holiday home in Spain

Record ID: 145371

  • Title: BRITAIN-CILLA BLACK/SPANISH HOME Fans pay tribute near Cilla Black's holiday home in Spain
  • Date: 2nd August 2015
  • Summary: ESTEPONA, SPAIN (AUGUST 2, 2015) (REUTERS) WIDE OF CILLA BLACK'S HOUSE IN ESTEPONA GATEWAY OF HOUSE WINDOW OF HOUSE OUTSIDE LIGHT LEFT ON (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED BRITISH TOURIST, SAYING: "She was like everybody's grandmother she could speak to everybody young and old. She was like your missing granny she was always pleasant and happy, lovely." (SOUNDBITE) (Engli
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Spain
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA57WGFU6MHZ53KU4QB6C0A1HTS
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Fans of British television personality and singer Cilla Black paid tribute on Sunday (August 2) near her home in the Costa del Sol.
    Police in Malaga said Priscilla White, her real name, had died in Estepona. The death was discovered overnight and appeared to be due to natural causes, but this had not yet been confirmed by tests, police said.
    "She was like everybody's grandmother she could speak to everybody young and old. She was like your missing granny she was always pleasant and happy, lovely," said one British tourist in Estepona.
    "Blind Date, because I never missed one really I loved it, I thought it was a great show and I remember that was part of me growing up watching Blind Date," said another, referring to her popular TV show.
    Black, born in the northern English city of Liverpool, once worked as a cloakroom assistant in the city's Cavern Club - birthplace of the band The Beatles - before embarking on her own career as an entertainer.
    Beatles members John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote her first single which launched a music career which included two number one singles in 1964 and spanned several decades.
    Known affectionately as 'Cilla' to generations of Britons, Black later moved into television hosting a string of prime-time shows. One of her most popular shows was dating program 'Blind Date' which ran for 18 years between 1985 and 2003.
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