Shan Lloyd
Shan Lloyd (
née Shan Davies; 1 July 1953 – 13 December 2008) was a British journalist, writer and reporter. She was the fifth wife and widow of actor Hugh Lloyd.[1][2]
Biography
She grew up in
Sunday People in 1976, eventually becoming Fleet Street's first female crime correspondent.[1]
She met Hugh Lloyd in 1978, at Allen's, a famous restaurant in
Worthing, West Sussex, in 2003.[2]
Lloyd continued to pursue a professional career as a
Brighton and Hove Leader. In her later years, Lloyd became an active member of the Red Hat Society.[2]
Lloyd died on 13 December 2008 at Worthing Hospital, five months after the death of her husband.[1][2] For the last few months of her life, she drank heavily, saying she had nothing left to live for. She was 55.
References
- ^ a b c d Liz Hodgkinson (December 2008). "Shan Davies Obituary". Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Actor's widow dies at just 55". The Argus (Brighton). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.