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
Gay Life (TV series) Gay Life (TV series) Gay Life was a television programme broadcast by London Weekend Television (LWT) in 1980 and 1981. It was produced by Michael Atwell at LWT's Minorities Unit and was the United Kingdom's LGBT television series. Gay himself, Atwell said that the programme could claim to be "the first time in the world that a major national TV company has given a whole series to gays". Three members of "Gay Life"'s production team were gay and Atwell said the staff felt that they were "in a sense trying to ride two horses – putting forward the gay viewpoint