British television personality and singer Cilla Black has died in Spain aged 72, according to police.<br /><br /> Officers in Malaga said Priscilla White, her real name, had passed away in the Costa del Sol region. <br /><br /> The death was disovered overnight and appeared to be due to natural causes, but this had not yet been confirmed, police said.<br /><br /> Black was born in the northern English city of Liverpool and her instantly recognisable ‘scouse’ accent won over generations of music fans and television viewers.<br /><br /> She once worked as a cloakroom assistant in the city’s Cavern Club – birthplace of the band The Beatles – before setting out on her own career as an entertainer.<br /><br /> Beatles members John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote her first single. She went on to become a singing sensation for decades, notching up two number one singles in 1964.<br /><br /> Known as ‘Cilla’ to generations of Britons, Black later moved into television – hosting a string of prime-time shows.
