Editing Cilla Black (section)

==Awards and honours==
[[File:Cilla Black statue, Mathew Street 1.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Statue of Black outside the original [[Cavern Club]] entrance, unveiled 2017]]
Black was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to entertainment in the [[1997 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=54625|date=30 December 1996|page=10}}</ref>

In 2014, Black was the recipient of the [[British Academy Television Awards]]' Special Award and the first [[Royal Television Society]] Legends Award in honour of her 50 years in entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a569715/cilla-black-to-receive-bafta-special-award.html|title=Cilla Black to receive BAFTA Special Award|work=Digital Spy|date=9 May 2014|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27328953|title=Cilla Black to receive Bafta Special Award|work=BBC News|date=9 May 2014|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Miles|first=Tina|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/liverpool-showbiz-legend-cilla-black-8238045|title=Liverpool showbiz legend Cilla Black honoured by Royal Television Society|work=Liverpool Echo|date=5 December 2014|access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, a statue of Black commissioned by her sons was unveiled outside the Cavern Club's original entrance as the venue celebrated its 60th anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-38636662|title=Cilla Black statue unveiled as Cavern Club celebrates 60 years|work=BBC News|date=16 January 2017|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/cilla-black-statue-unveiled-at-cavern-clubs-60th-anniversary-10731296|title=Cilla Black statue unveiled at Cavern Club's 60th anniversary|publisher=News.sky.com|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref> "The sculpture shows a young Cilla performing one of her early songs and the design of her dress on the statue features images of her legendary career."<ref>{{cite web |title= Cilla Black |website=statuesforequality.com |url=https://statuesforequality.com/pages/cilla-black |access-date=30 March 2021 }}</ref> The statue divided Liverpudlians<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/cilla-black-statue-really-divided-12468374|title=The Cilla Black statue has REALLY divided opinions in Liverpool|first=Laura|last=Davis|date=17 January 2017|website=Liverpoolecho.co.uk|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> owing to Black's support of the Conservative Party and admiration for Margaret Thatcher.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16361170|title=Thatcher 'Liverpool decline' urge|date=30 December 2011 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-22073199|title=Why Liverpool never loved Thatcher|first=Paul|last=Burnell |date=9 April 2013 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>