The graves of entertainment icons Cilla Black and Sir Ken Dodd have been vandalised, with reports claiming ‘offensive’ graffiti has been scrawled on their headstones.
The horrendous act was discovered this morning at Allerton Cemetery in Liverpool, where the pair are buried, with council staff now carrying out repairs on the headstones.: ‘We were appalled to discover this morning that the graves of Cilla Black and Sir Ken Dodd had been vandalised overnight. Staff are carrying out repairs.
‘We would urge anyone who has any information about the person or people responsible to contact the police.’In an effort to restore the grave, Sir Ken’s headstone has been removed, while Black’s is able to be repaired onsite, according to Liverpool Echo, which cited a community Facebook post.Sir Ken’s headstone has been removed One wrote alongside a news article: ‘This is so disgusting, to deface any gravestone is a vile thing to do,my oh my.
Sir Ken died on March 11, 2018, at the age of 90, at his home in Knotty Ash, not long after being hospitalised for a chest infection. He was buried alongside his mother Sarah and father Arthur, in a private burial service. Black, who died in August 2015 aged 72, was also buried near her parents’ graves, with the Blinde Date star’s headstone a marble memorial that also gives her full name, Priscilla Maria Veronica Willis.
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