![]() ![]() ‘I think the problems came more from Jennifer,’ says Mr Scott. She always spoke warmly of the older woman in interviews, once describing her as “protective” of her. Instead she ate the caviar, in surely the most fitting of tributes, after the funeral. ![]() Clarissa claimed she spoke to Jennifer on the telephone most days in the weeks before her death, and took her a jar of caviar on the day she died - but was too late. ‘I never minded sitting in the sidecar when she drove, even if I knew she was on her second bottle of vodka,’ she said in an interview, pointing out that since she herself had driven while drunk, it was no big deal.Īnd they certainly stayed in touch once the cameras stopped rolling. Hilariously, Clarissa once admitted how she placed her entire life in Jennifer’s hands. ![]() And there was certainly a level of trust there. While it was never claimed that the women were the best of friends (they did not even know each other before being paired up by TV guru Pat Llewellyn), it was thought they were rather fond of each other. In the event she was seated in the third row. Clarissa Dickson Wright who died on Saturday ![]()
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