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Des O'Connor RIP.

Hamsterchops · 2020-11-15 14:01:37

Des O'Connor has died at the age of 88 after a fall at his home. The entertainers career spanned six decades and covered multiple TV shows plus a respectable singing career (unless you took note of Eric Morcambe) who was always taking the mickey :) A lovely man by all accounts, a real gentleman in the business, younger…

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15-11-2020 3:01pm

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Hamsterchops

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Des O'Connor has died at the age of 88 after a fall at his home. The entertainers career spanned six decades and covered multiple TV shows plus a respectable singing career (unless you took note of Eric Morcambe) who was always taking the mickey

A lovely man by all accounts, a real gentleman in the business, younger viewers might remember him on the box with Melanie Sykes. I remember his TV shows with Morcambe & Wise, and who could ever forget when Freddie Star made an appearance on the Des O'Connor show

Rest in peace Des.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/15/des-oconnor-tv-entertainer-dies-aged-88

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