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Eric Sykes has died aged 89

BowieAddick
BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
edited July 2012 in Not Sports Related
RIP
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  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    Comedy Legend RIP.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,281
    Now that is really sad. What a great guy and what a part of growing up watching him on TV.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,876
    RIP great comedian
  • boogica
    boogica Posts: 2,321
    RIP
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,302
    Very sad.

    RIP Eric
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    RIP
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    Very sad day. An overused word but this man was a total legend.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    As a kid, I laughed so much watching Eric Sykes (and Hattie Jaques) - along with Norman Wisdom, they were amongst the bedrock of British comedy in the 60s.

    Thank you, Eric Sykes.



  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,563
    RIP
  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    Great comedian and writer. Very few of that great era of British comedy left now. RIP.

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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,176
    A man whose influence on British comedy can never be overstated. RIP.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,499
    edited July 2012
    Gone to join his 'great' pals Tommy Cooper and Hattie Jacques.....bless you Eric and thanks for all the laughs.
    RIP Funny Man...RIP.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,671
    What Oggy said.

    RIP Eric
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Who can forget 'The Plank'? A comedy genius: goodbye Eric, thank you: RIP.
  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    Very sad news, watched a couple of re-runs recently and sound of corky the police man and the episode when he pretended to own a dog had stood the test of time,

    His program reminds me of simpler care free days of going to Nans for tea, pork chop chips and beans, swapping panini stickers, cow horns on my bike and no concerns over takeovers or cash flow crisis, didnt even know much about signings until Alan Simoenson turned up...

    RIP Eric
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,771
    RIP, I too remember enjoying watching his shows when I was a boy.
  • Indigo Joe
    Indigo Joe Posts: 551
    RIP, the guy was a legend.
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    RIP used to love watching Hattie Jacques and him.He also did lots of other work,also remember him having a cameo role in Dinner ladies.Hilarious.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,384
    Not really my cuppa tea but an English eccentric who will be remembered. RIP
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,664
    Legend.

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  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,694
    RIP. A man that was born to make people laugh. Very few peers at his level. A sign of a good comic is to deliver a line, a sign of a great comic is to deliver a look. Eric only had to do a look and he was funny, like Eric Morcambe & Tommy Cooper. Sad day.
  • Brunello
    Brunello Posts: 1,950
    Absolute genius of comedy acting and writing.

    RIP
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    Sad news
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    the man was also deaf most (if not all) his life. He wrote gags for many of the greats and was even on Bob Hopes list of gag writers when ever he visited the UK.

    RIP
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    Sad news. Comedy great and a lovely man. RIP
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    the man was also deaf most (if not all) his life. He wrote gags for many of the greats and was even on Bob Hopes list of gag writers when ever he visited the UK.

    RIP
    Bob Hope, of course, was born in Eltham.

    Shared the same birthday as me, but I'm a bit younger (....and still alive).

  • WhenIwasLittleBoy
    WhenIwasLittleBoy Posts: 5,430
    RIP.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,287
    Sad day for a lot of people. Eric was a proper comedy legend up there with the best of them. Been a part of most of our growing up and hope his passing will be properly recognised by the Beeb. RIP.
  • davy macaddick
    davy macaddick Posts: 426
    Comedy Legend indeed, one of the old school, also a lovely fella. RIP Eric
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,744
    As many have stated a great comic and writer. An era never likely to be repeated. Very sad indeed.

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