English author Dame Jilly Cooper has died aged 88. Dame Jilly Cooper (2nd left) with her daughter Emily Tarrant (left) and son Felix Cooper and his wife Edwina (right) after being made a Dame(Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)Who was Dame Jilly Cooper? Dame Jilly originally had a career as a journalist, and she wrote a column about marriage, sex and housework for The Sunday Times, which ran from 1969 to 1982. Recommended reading:When and why did author Jilly Cooper become a dame? Cooper was first appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 Birthday Honours for services to literature.
