6 Facts About Cilla Black

1. In 2017, a statue of Cilla Black commissioned by her sons was unveiled outside the Cavern Club's original entrance.

2. In 2014, Cilla Black was the recipient of the British Academy Television Awards' Special Award and the first Royal Television Society Legends Award in honour of her 50 years in entertainment.

3. In 2014, Cilla Black was the subject of a three-part television drama series, Cilla, focusing especially on her rise to fame in 1960s Liverpool and her relationship with Bobby Willis.

4. In 2008 Cilla Black recorded a pilot for the Sky 1 dating show Loveland.

5. In 2006, Cilla Black took part in the BBC Wales programme Coming Home about her Welsh family history, with roots in Wrexham and Holywell.

6. On 15 January 1975 Cilla Black performed as the main entertainer of the first of six half-hour situation comedy plays.