Dame Jilly Cooper leaves £8.5m fortune to family after death at 88
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Jacob Stolworthy
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Dame Jilly Cooper, the celebrated British author known for her risqué "bonkbuster" novels like *Rivals*, died at age 88 in October 2025 after a fall. Probate records show she left an £8.5 million fortune to her family. Her novel *Rivals* was adapted into a hit Disney+ series starring David Tennant and Danny Dyer.
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· 3 pulledDame Jilly Cooper had a fortune befitting her legacy as one of the UK's most celebrated authors, and she has left her family with an £8.5m fortune.
Cooper, who died aged 88 on 5 October 2025 after a fall, was the writer of risqué fiction focused on the scandalous lives of the British elite in the Eighties and Nineties.
Her 'bonkbuster' book Rivals, depicting a tumultuous relationships and power struggles in the Cotswolds, has spawned a hit Disney+ TV series starring David Tennant and Danny Dyer.
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