I don't suppose many people outside the UK will have heard of Sir Ken Dodd (maybe Australians) but he passed away earlier today (12.3.1
at the ripe old age of 90. An irrepressible showman and very funny, he could hold an audience with his jokes and antics for two hours or more and was also a very fine serious singer. Older UK's will remember his number 1 hit "Tears" and other songs such as "Happiness", both in the 1960s. He was only (very belatedly) knighted last year and was still entertaining people almost right up to the end. A true star. R.I.P. Sir Ken
The world will be a less funny place without you.
For the members who maybe don´t know the name: Doddy was one of the greatest funny men.
Some of his best one-liners:
"My dad knew I was going to be a comedian. When I was a baby, he said, 'Is this a joke?'"
"I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her."
"My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night, saying: 'Well, that taught me a lesson.'"
On his famous tax fraud trial: "I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside."
"I do all the exercises every morning in front of the television - up, down, up, down, up, down. Then the other eyelid."
"I did 25 minutes running on the spot this morning - I had my braces caught in the banister."
"I wanted to take the dog to obedience class but it wouldn't go."
RIP Doddy
An era of British comedy has ended, a comedy genius and trained singer he is off to The Jam Buttie Mine
R.I.P. Sir Ken
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he will be missed.
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