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
Thomas Black (TV personality) Thomas Black (TV personality) Thomas Black is a former Irish record label executive and TV personality. He worked at EMI Records Ireland as A&R director, where he signed artists like Relish, Aslan, Cathy Davey and John Spillane. He previously worked for Sony Records in the same position, signing The 4 of Us and Cry Before Dawn to the label. Black was one of the three judges on the TV talent show "You're a Star" where he discovered and championed Dublin band 21 DEMANDS who made Irish chart history by becoming the first unsigned artist to achieve a number one single,the