Sir Ken Dodd dead: Comedian dies aged 90

'He was a comedy legend and genius'

Sherna Noah 

 

Comedy legend Sir Ken Dodd has died aged 90, his publicist has announced.

 

The star, famous for his epic stand-up shows, as well as his Diddy Men and tickling stick, died just days after leaving hospital.

 

He married Anne Jones, his partner of 40 years, on Friday at their home in the Liverpool suburb of Knotty Ash, which was also the one he was born in.

 

Full story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/ken-dodd-dead-comedian-liverpool-a8251136.html

 

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Another name from my childhood of black and white TV gone.

 

Keep on tickling in heaven Doddy.

 

RIP 

 

Loads of his stuff on YouTube, a sampler:-

 

 

I still remember one of his lines and still chuckle at it:  "What a lovely day for sticking a cucumber through the vicars letter box and shouting.........the martians have landed'.

 

Of course when I moved to NZ they didn't understand it as their letterboxes were in the road, not in their front doors!

RIP Ken or should I say Tutty Bye ?

5 minutes ago, evadgib said:

RIP Ken or should I say Tutty Bye ?

Another great comedian passed away, R.I.P. Sir Ken.

In your lifetime you made millions happy/laugh with your jokes, never smutty just good clean fun, thank you.

As you said thousands of times !! Tatty bye !!

A very clever and educated man.

One of the Greatest. Loved by everyone except the Taxman.

4 hours ago, evadgib said:

RIP Ken or should I say Tutty Bye ?

"Tatty bye"

1 hour ago, Jeremy50 said:

A very clever and educated man.

He left school at 14.

4 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

He left school at 14.

 

Intelligence and education aren't the same. Education and learning shouldn't stop when you leave school.

 

 

Fortunate to work backstage on two of his Christmas Specials at the Royal Court Theatre. A gentleman, with a great sense of humour and equally importantly the knowledge and acceptance of who he was and where he came from. Still have the signed handkerchief he gave me...the Diddy Men will be no more. RIP

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Intelligence and education aren't the same. Education and learning shouldn't stop when you leave school.

 

 

Absolutely correct.  Life teaches you much more than any school or university.

Quote

"The man who invented cats' eyes got the idea when he saw the eyes of a cat in his headlights. If the cat had been going the other way, he would have invented the pencil sharpener."

 

'What a beautiful day for going to the Russian Embassy and saying " Is Len in?"'

 

I saw him three times at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham.  One time the woman next to me looked like a panda as she had non-waterproof makeup on and she was crying with laughter.  RIP Doddy.

9 hours ago, xylophone said:

I still remember one of his lines and still chuckle at it:  "What a lovely day for sticking a cucumber through the vicars letter box and shouting.........the martians have landed'.

 

Of course when I moved to NZ they didn't understand it as their letterboxes were in the road, not in their front doors!

 

"........lovely day for shouting Jack de Manio through Beverley Nichols' letter box"

 

Most obscure (now), but lodged firmly in my mind ever since I heard it in black and white.......on the "wireless".