Sheila Vogel-Coupe

Sheila Vogel-Coupe
Born1928 (1928)
Died25 November 2022(2022-11-25) (aged 93–94)
RelativesJosie Lee daughter,grandson Danny Lee Alenee Aisha GranddaughterKatie Waissel (granddaughter)

Sheila Vogel-Coupe (1928 – 25 November 2022) was the oldest sex worker in the United Kingdom. Some reports from 2014 stated that, at the age of 85, she was the oldest sex worker in the world.[1][2]

She was born in 1928,[3][4] She was widowed twice. Her first husband was Jimmy Vogel. Her second husband, Noel Coupe, an aeronautical engineer who died in 2001. She was the grandmother of The X Factor contestant Katie Waissel.[citation needed] Twice-widowed, Vogel-Coupe started escorting in 2010 at the age of 81.[5] In 2014, she was entertaining up to ten clients per week at £250 an hour. Channel 4 released a documentary about her entitled My Granny the Escort, about Vogel-Coupe and two other elderly sex workers.[6][4]

Vogel-Coupe died on 25 November 2022, at the age of 93.[7]

References

  1. ^ Dicker, Ron (27 May 2014). "For Her Latest Trick, 85-Year-Old Hooker Sheila Vogel-Coupe Tells All". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ^ "英85歲最老妓女 時薪達1.2萬元台幣". ltn.com.tw. 19 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Coupe, Sheila". FreeBMD. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Ghert-Zand, Renee (12 June 2014). "This grandmother knows a trick or two". The Times of Israel.
  5. ^ Dray, Kayleigh (2 January 2014). "Sheila Vogel-Coupe, 85, opens up about her career as a £250-per-hour 'prostitute' on This Morning". Closer Magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ Edward Roberts (20 May 2014). "Britain's oldest prostitute is 85-years-old and still raking in £250 an hour". Mirror.
  7. ^ Bird, Daniel (29 November 2022). "Katie Waissel's gran, who was 'oldest prostitute in UK', dies at 93". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 29 November 2022.