Unlike her trademark fat ladies, Beryl Cook was a very shy, private person. When she was awarded an OBE in 1995 she was too shy to attend the main ceremony but received her award at a quieter ceremony in Plymouth.

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10 September: Beryl Cook

Beryl Cook, artist famous for painting pictures of fat ladies, was born on this date in 1926. Much as I'd like to put an actual painting b...

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