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- ↑ Cook, Judy; Levin, Angela (2 October 2008). Loving Peter: My life with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Hachette UK. p. 46. ISBN 978-0748110261 . Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ Thorpe, Vanessa; arts; correspondent, media (8 December 2002). "Wife's grief for wasted genius of Peter Cook" . Retrieved 26 October 2017– via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ Cook, Judy (22 October 2011). "Judy Cook: 'I felt as though I could never leave him...'". The Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
