Cheryl Barrymore Cheryl Barrymore Cheryl Barrymore (born Cheryl Carlisa Cocklin, 22 March 1950 – 1 April 2005) was an English dancer and talent manager, most famous as the ex-wife of Michael Barrymore. A trained dancer, she took work in the publicity department of EMI records between shows, where she met young PR man and lifelong friend Max Clifford. After her first marriage to Greg Smith failed, Cheryl took part in several West End theatre shows, during one of which she met entertainer Michael Barrymore in 1974. They married two years later. Cheryl and Michael married in 1976, although not until after he
Cheryl Barrymore the National Television Awards, where, clearly drunk, he made a rambling, incoherent speech. At an after-show party on a live late night radio show, he publicly declared he was gay and "no longer wanted to live a lie", following which he and Cheryl split up. She later claimed that Michael took the step and didn't tell her because of his talks with Princess Diana. After several aborted reunions, they divorced in 1997 and Cheryl went on to publish the autobiography "Catch a Falling Star", which contained details of their acrimonious split. The couple became estranged, and she ceased acting on