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==Personal life== Cook was married three times. He was first married to Wendy Snowden, whom he met at university, in 1963. They had two daughters, Lucy and Daisy. They divorced in 1971.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/dec/08/arts.books|title=Wife's grief for wasted genius of Peter Cook|newspaper=The Observer |date=8 December 2002|via=www.theguardian.com|last1=Thorpe |first1=Vanessa }}</ref> Cook then married his second wife, model and actress [[Judy Huxtable]], in 1973, the marriage ending in 1989 after they had been separated for some years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/dec/08/arts.books|title=Wife's grief for wasted genius of Peter Cook|first1=Vanessa|last1=Thorpe|last2=arts|first3=media|last3=correspondent|newspaper=The Observer |date=8 December 2002|access-date=26 October 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> He married his third and final wife, Chiew Lin Chong, in 1989, to whom he remained married until his death. Cook became [[stepfather]] to Chong's daughter, Nina.<ref name="chortle.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2016/11/30/26338/peter_cooks_widow_lin_dies_at_71|title=Peter Cook's widow Lin dies at 71|publisher=Chortle News|date=30 November 2016|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref> Following Cook's death, Chong suffered from depression, deriving both from her loss and the difficulties arising from raising Nina, who had [[Developmental disability|learning difficulties]].<ref name="chortle.co.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/cook-s-widow-reveals-eye-feud-9220437.html|title=Cook's widow reveals 'Eye' feud|date=3 February 2002|website=The Independent|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref> Chong died at the age of 71 in November 2016. Cook was an avid spectator of most sports (except [[rugby league]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Parkinson: The Interviews, Series 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gjtnw |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>) and was a supporter of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] football club,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/a-cooks-tour-of-london-7288846.html|title=A Cook's tour of London|date=30 December 2004|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> though he also maintained support for his hometown team [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]].<ref name="Peter Cook Blue Plaque Unveiling">{{cite web|url=http://www.theheritagefoundation.info/petercook.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225144043/http://www.theheritagefoundation.info/petercook.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 February 2010|title=Peter Cook Blue Plaque Unveiling|work=The Heritage Foundation|access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> Cook was a heavy smoker. As a regular interviewee on his friend's show, [[Michael Parkinson|Michael]] [[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]], he was usually to be seen with a lighted cigarette in his hand or mouth during their broadcast interviews.<ref name=":1" />
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