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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 12, 2018 2:08:14 GMT
Doddy has passed away at the age of 90
A real legend of the British entertainment scene for decades
Loved by many (loathed by theatre managers who never knew how long his shows would last - as he just kept on going and going and going)
A force of nature has left the stage for the last time
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Post by david on Mar 12, 2018 7:16:22 GMT
A truly great loss to the world of entertainment and one of the last few great variety and music halll acts.
I was lucky enough to attend of his shows here in St. Helens a few years ago. The man was just incredible and seemed to have limitless energy.
His.shows were of course legendary, but to be in the presence of an entertainment great was an experience never to be forgotten.
Thankyou SIr Ken for the memories!
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Post by theatreian on Mar 12, 2018 8:33:01 GMT
RIP Ken. A real Legend of Show Business in every sense of the world. As a fellow scouser all of Liverpool were proud of him and I guess there will never be anyone like him again.
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 12, 2018 10:15:48 GMT
"The taxman sent me a self assessment form the other day - I invented self assessment".
RIP to a comedy genius
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Post by anita on Mar 12, 2018 10:37:01 GMT
The last of the greats.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 11:59:49 GMT
First saw him in Blackpool over 50 years ago - he was a comedy treasure even then. RIP Sir Ken. A legend in his lifetime and now beyond.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 12, 2018 16:40:10 GMT
My parents saw him on their honeymoon. Great Yarmouth. They said that people were literally rolling in the aisles. I aslways said “awww come on. Not literally!” And was told emphatically yes. People were laughing so uncontrollably that they were holding their sides and sliding out of their seats.
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 12, 2018 16:56:59 GMT
Probably the end of a generation of original comedic greats, think of Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, Bruce Forsyth and Bob Monkhouse.
- "I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the Seaside."
- "The Man who invented Cat's eyes got the idea when he saw the eyes of a cat in his headlights, if the cat was going the other way, he would have invented a pencil sharpener."
- "So if you bang 2 halves of a horse together, it doesn't make the sound of a coconut."
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 12, 2018 18:54:41 GMT
God like in Liverpool, more than anyone with the possible exception of remaining Beatles
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Post by rmechanical on Mar 12, 2018 22:41:10 GMT
I had the delight of seeing him at the Futurist in Scarborough
An object lesson in knowing what you doing and turning up and doing it - until well after midnight!!!!
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Post by lynette on Mar 13, 2018 21:33:27 GMT
And to top it all he has educated us all in the ways of inheritance tax law. Good on him.
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