Cilla Black didn't leave her room for two weeks after traumatic heartbreak
Legendary singer and TV personality Cilla Black made an icon out of herself with her incredible talents. Her professional life was extremely successful, leaving her to become a household name – and her home-life was just as perfect. The star married fellow singer Bobby Willis in 1969 after they met while working together in the music industry. Bobby had previously taken over as Cilla’s manager in 1967 after the death of Brian Epstein – the manager of The Beatles.
Together, Cilla and Bobby had three sons – Ben, Jack and Robert (who later became her manager after Bobby died in 1999 of lung and liver cancer).
However, the story of Cilla and Bobby’s fourth child, Ellen, is one filled with tragedy.
Cilla had three male siblings and was subsequently the only girl in her family.
So she was thrilled to learn she was pregnant in 1975 with a little girl – the first in her own family.
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