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Article: In the name of the father.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 28, 1998
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Having a celebrity dad is not as glamous as it may seem. Rachel Murphy talks to four people about the pros and cons that they experienced growing up in the shadows of Tommy Cooper, Peter Sellers, Stirling Moss and Freddie Trueman
Vicky Moore, 45, is the only daughter of legendary comic Tommy Cooper, who she saw collapse and die onstage in front of millions of TV viewers in 1984. He was 62. Vicky is a secretary, married to an Australian sheet-metal worker called Bill. They live in the six-bedroom house in Chiswick, West London, where Vicky spent a magical childhood. ...