Denise was born in December 1964 in Hackney. Denise's father is Brian E Tippings and her mother was Celia Josephine Flanagan. Her maternal grandparents were James Flanagan and Julia Furey. She had a brother named Gary. She was the older of the two children. She died at the age of 43 in December 2007. She was buried on June 18th, 2008.