Cheryl Barrymore as himself. 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. After her split with Michael, Cheryl's health suffered. In 2003 she suffered a burst ulcer, and in late 2004 she was investigated for chronic fatigue syndrome, when she complained of feeling unwell. On 1 April 2005, she died, aged 55, at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital in St John's Wood, having
Cheryl St.John Cheryl St.John Cheryl St.John is a best-selling author of romance fiction, located in Omaha, Nebraska. Cheryl St.John is a romance author primarily known for her books through Harlequin and Silhouette. "Rain Shadow", her first book, was nominated for the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award, "Romantic Times" Best Western Historical, and "Affaire de Coeur"s Best American Historical Romance. In 2005 St.John's novel "His Secondhand Wife" earned another RITA Award nomination. Many of St.John's Special Editions have made Waldenbooks Top Ten. "Land of Dreams", "The Magnificent Seven", and "Prairie Wife" have won "Romantic Times"s Reviewers Choice Awards. Her anthology, "Big Sky