British comic,
Eric Sykes has sadly died, probably most familiar to an international audience as the halfwitted sidekick to
Terry-Thomas in the wonderful ensemble movies
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines and
Monte Carlo or Bust!, Eric Sykes was better known to British audiences for his longtime association with larger than life comedienne
Hattie Jaques on radio and television during the 50s, 60s and 70s, his eponymous BBC TV show being essential viewing on a weekday evening for those of us of a certain age to remember.
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One of the last of a plethora of talented post war British comics reared in the culture of Broadcasting House, a generation that included
Peter Sellers,
Jimmy Edwards, Willie Rushton and
Spike Milligan. Personally very sad.