Cilla Black has died at the age of 72 at her Spanish home.
The legendary star, whose career spanned 50 years, passed away at her property in Estepona on the Costa del Sol.
A spokesperson for Spanish police said: “We are still awaiting autopsy results but everything at this stage is pointing towards her death being the result of natural causes.”
It is thought Cilla flew to Spain last week with one of her sons and she passed away in her sleep overnight.
Cilla rose to fame after working as a cloakroom attendant in the famous Cavern Club in Merseyside in the sixties when she scored a number one and sold nearly a million copies of her song Anyone Who Had A Heart, the biggest selling song by a female artist of that decade.
She went on to have a further 11 top 10 hits in the sixties and seventies including You’re My World and Step Inside Love.
She fronted her own variety show, Cilla, in 1968 and more recently became known for her television work, hosting Surprise Surprise from 1984 and Blind Date from 1985.
The star was given an OBE in 1997 and was handed the Bafta Special Award in 2014 to recognise her contribution to entertainment.
She was married to her manager Bobby Willis for 30 years before he died at the age of 57 in 1999 of lung cancer.
She leaves behind her three sons Robert, Ben and Jack as well as her two grandchildren.
Cilla was born Priscilla Maria Veronica White in Liverpool in 1943.