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Brian Epstein died of an accidental drug overdose in August 1967, not long after negotiating a contract with the BBC for his only female artist to appear in a television series of her own.

Relations between Epstein and Black had somewhat soured during the year prior to his death, due largely to the fact that Epstein was not paying her career enough attention and the fact that Black's singles " A Fool Am I " ( UK No. 13, 1966 ) and " What Good Am I?

" ( UK No. 24, 1967 ) were not big successes.

Apparently Black was also unhappy with Epstein's public admission that he had taken LSD.

In her autobiography, Black claimed that Epstein had tried to pacify her by negotiating a deal that would see her representing the UK in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest.

However, Black refused on the basis that Sandie Shaw had won the previous year's contest, and that the chances of another British female artist winning were improbable.