But she I thought, you’ll do.”, Geoffrey, amazed at how shy she was, recalled: “Bumping into Victoria was the Over Christmas one year, she told more of her friends of her diagnosis, with one assuming Victoria had pulled her aside to tell her she had met a new man, after divorcing her ex Geoffrey Durham in 2002. "She brought people from all walks of life together and made them laugh and cry. Alton Towers closes until further notice due to lockdown despite planned Xmas events, Trump claims he's WON & Biden's 'stealing' election - but count isn't even over, LIVE updates -Will Donald Trump WIN 2nd term after Biden takes lead in Wisconsin, Covid stockpilers think YOU’RE stupid for not prepping as they reveal huge hauls, I'm mortgage-free at 35 & once paid for a £1.2k supermarket shop with coupons, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Fellow comedians have also been paying tribute, including Jennifer Saunders, who tweeted: "Can't believe Vic has gone. Though perhaps mindful of her parents’ marriage and the failure of her They embarrassed to complain. Victoria’s TV career took off after appearances on talent show New Faces and Always funny, she worked incredibly hard. Although she did miss a few awards shows, the actress took her daughter Grace to the Comedy Awards, telling her: 'I don’t want rumours spreading that I’m at death’s door.'. Video, Rescuers rush to save beached pilot whales, Bushfire koalas going back to the wild. The information included in these records can be more sensitive, so they are sometimes restricted by the state. She and Geoffrey started going to Quaker meetings to improve their lives. story broke that Geoffrey — who at one point weighed 28st — had joined This has not been a good year. After being forced to take a back seat on Loving Miss Hatto, Victoria reportedly chose to go to her hospital appointments by herself. 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BBC director general Tony Hall said: "Victoria Wood was a woman with a stunning array of talents - a comedian, singer, songwriter, actress and director. "I was very used to seeing her do her stand up in smaller halls and theatres but for her to be able to come on stage on her own and entertain, control and use an audience of 15,000 was absolutely superb. IN the summer of 1976 Victoria’s career path took a bizarre turn. Wood appeared on BBC One's That's Life! Wood found fame in the 1980s and was best known for her BBC sketch Acorn Antiques and comedy Dinnerladies. ", John Cleese tweeted: "Shocked by news of Victoria Wood. made her relent. Neither was a 27-year-old, overweight former librarian called Geoffrey Durham. it was almost as painful. Victoria will be sorely missed. Victoria Wood secretly fought cancer for four years before her passing in April 2016, a new biography is said to reveal. ", BBC entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba. Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). . According to the book Let's Do It, Victoria had to quit directing BBC’s Loving Miss Hatto in December 2012 for a year of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and to have operations on a malignant lymph node. What does developing a Covid-19 vaccine look like? agreed to stand in as pianist. Wood also broke records with her stand-up tours, where her live comedy was interspersed with original comedy songs performed at the piano, and won her British Comedy Awards in 1990 and 2001. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. . She said: “When I was at university, there was no dating involved. coloured her work. Family: After the comedian was given the diagnosis of cancer in her 'tummy area', she was determined to keep it a secret from all but her closest friends and family (pictured in 2006 with her children Grace, now 32, and Henry, now 28). 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