Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeThe life of author Dame Jilly Cooper will be celebrated at a memorial service in central London. Dame Jilly died unexpectedly in October, aged 88, after sustaining injuries from a fall. She was also behind the 1970s sitcom It’s Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, which starred Dame Joanna Lumley. Dame Jilly wrote the hit novel Mount!