Personal Life
Cotton married Mabel E. Gregory in 1921 and they had two sons, Ted and Bill Cotton, who later became the BBC's head of variety.
In 1962 Billy Cotton suffered a stroke. He died in 1969 while watching a boxing match at Wembley. TV presenter Fearne Cotton is related to him, as he was an uncle of her grandfather.
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