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"Fat Lady" Clarissa Dickson Wright Dead At 66
Topic Started: Mar 17 2014, 04:28 PM (142 Views)
Tybee
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Loved their show. Never missed it. They were a hoot.
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Friends of Clarissa Dickson Wright, the television chef and one half of Two Fat Ladies, who has died at the age of 66, paid tribute to her today.

Dickson Wright's agents, Heather Holden-Brown and Elly James, said she died on Saturday in Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary and said she was 'loved dearly' by her friends.

They said Dickson Wright 'hadn't been well for a little while', and had been in hospital since the beginning of the year. They declined to comment on the nature of her illness.

In a statement, the agents said: 'In recent years, Clarissa often said: "I’ve had a fantastic life and I’ve done everything I could have wanted to do and more".

'During her time in hospital, she was endlessly touched and impressed by the care of the doctors, nurses and support staff, aware of the pressure under which they worked and the fact that sometimes their work was not as valued as it should have been.

'Only a couple of weeks before her death, she was ringing friends asking them to check the (very occasional) general knowledge crossword clue she was struggling with.

'Loved dearly by her friends and many fans all over the world, Clarissa was utterly non-PC and fought for what she believed in, always, with no thought to her own personal cost.

'Her fun and laughter, extraordinary learning and intelligence, will be missed always, by so many of us.'

Dickson Wright survived her on-screen cookery partner, Jennifer Paterson, the other star of Two Fat Ladies, who died from cancer at the age of 71 in 1999, bring the programme's four-year run to an end.

Brought together by television producer Patricia Llewellyn, who talked them in to making a pilot of the show, they were shown touring the UK in a motorcycle ridden by Paterson, with Dickson Wright in the sidecar, in search of good food.

Today Ms Llewellyn paid tribute to Dickson Wright, saying: 'Clarissa was possessed of a formidable intelligence, and held strong opinions, a powerful combination that made her a commanding presence on television.

'She had a fiery temper. We called her "Krakatoa" on location, because if you didn't notice the rumbling you could find yourself in trouble.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2582592/BREAKING-Television-chef-Clarissa-Dickson-Wright-died-age-66.html
Edited by Tybee, Mar 17 2014, 05:11 PM.
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I never saw the show, but she looks A LOT older than 66 in that pic.

She must have been like MPC: A boozer!
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Tybee
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She was a well known alcoholic. A drunkard lawyer at that.
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A little taste of "Two Fat Ladies"
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Brendad Ickson
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We shall Clarissad Ickson. She was like a sister to us, only much older and more sober.
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Loved Two Fat Ladies and they were a hoot. I can see them now on the scooter and side car. Streaky bacon anyone?
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