(She had been sober nearly 27 years when she died.) She turned to cooking, working professionally in various capacities, and was running a cookery bookshop in Edinburgh when she was fielded for “Two Fat Ladies.” The series, which ran from 1996 to 1999 on BBC Two and on the Food Network and Cooking Channel in the U.S., is available to stream via. She inherited a fortune upon the death of her mother but also began to drink heavily, running through her money and ending her law career. Wright, who was also a guilded butcher and accredited cricket umpire, began her adult life as England’s youngest barrister. Neither woman was the sort to trade a long life for one poor in cream, butter or animal fat. Her television partner, Jennifer Paterson, the other Fat Lady, died of lung cancer in 1999 at 71 during the production of the series’ fourth season. Christened Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright, the television cook and author passed away Saturday in Edinburgh, Scotland, at 66 of an undisclosed illness. Clarissa Dickson Wright, the star of BBC’s “Two Fat Ladies,” has died.
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