Hattie Jacques & Harry Secombe

Hattie Jacques & Harry Secombe

HATTIE JACQUES d1980. English comedy actress who first found fame on radio with Tommy Handley during the 1940s and later in Hancocks Half Hour. She is however best known for appearing in 14 Carry On films, playing such classic roles as a rotund Hospital Matron between 1958-1974. She also had a long-running TV partnership with Eric Sykes. She died of a heart attack aged just 58 in 1980. HARRY SECOMBE d2001. Welsh comedian and singer. He played Neddie Seagoon, a central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show between 1951-60. He also appeared in musicals and films and in his later years was a presenter of television shows incorporating hymns and other devotional songs. He was knighted in 1981. He died of cancer aged 79 in 2001. Upon hearing of his old friend's death Spike Milligan quipped ; "I'm glad he died before me, because I didn't want him to sing at my funeral." But Harry Secombe would have the last laugh : upon Milligan's own death (the following year), a recording of him singing was played at Spike's memorial service ....

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