Editing Les Dawson (section)

==Personal life and death==
Dawson was married to his first wife, Margaret, from 25 June 1960 until her death on 15 April 1986 from cancer. They had three children: Julie, Pamela and Stuart. Dawson nearly died in February 1985 from a failing [[prostate gland]], complicated by [[blood poisoning]].<ref name="t&t">{{cite book |last=Dawson |first=Les |author-link= |date=1985 |title=A Clown Too Many |url= |location= |publisher=Fontana/Collins |page=266 |isbn=0-00-637067-5}}</ref> On 3 September 1988, he suffered a heart attack in Blackpool and spent nine days in hospital.<ref>Liverpool Echo - 5 September 1988.</ref> He married his second wife, Tracy Roper, on 6 May 1989; she was 17 years younger.<ref name="ODNB" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simpson |first=John |date=2019-02-19 |title=Les Dawson |url=https://britishcomedyradio.org/les-dawson/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=British Comedy Radio |language=en-US}}</ref> They had a daughter, [[Charlotte Dawson (English TV personality)|Charlotte]], who was born on 3 October 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/charlotte-dawson-enjoys-night-out-10115744|title=Charlotte Dawson has a night out in Barcelona with her mum Tracy|first=Jennifer|last=Crothers|website=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=28 March 2017|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> He died suddenly, aged 62, on 10 June 1993 from a [[heart attack]], during treatment for a heart complaint at St Joseph's Hospital in [[Longsight]], Manchester.<ref name="ODNB"/>