The couple became estranged, and she ceased acting on her husband's behalf as either agent or manager. After divorce Cheryl went on to manage other artists, including Rebecca Loos and ex-EastEnder Danniella Westbrook, the latter of whom she urged to get help for her drug addiction, leading to Westbrook becoming temporarily clean of drugs in 2001. Michael later wrote in his 2006 autobiography, Awight Now: Setting the Record Straight, that Cheryl was a control freak who controlled his every movement including his clothes, and she had created the character that was "Michael Barrymore", which drove him to alcohol, drugs and gay affairs. Death After her split with Michael, Cheryl's health suffered. On April 1, 2005, she died, aged 55, at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital in St John's Wood, having been diagnosed with lung cancer six weeks earlier. References External links Obituary at BBC News 1950 births 2005 deaths English talent agents Deaths from lung cancer in England English female dancers Michael Barrymore 20th-century British businesspeople