Monkhouse Has Kicked The Bucket

[imported_shiola]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3353445.stm - Bob's gone to that great TV gameshow in the sky.

All good things come to an end, and they don't get much better than Sir Bob Monkhouse, Lord of Comedy, Duke of Mirth and Baron von One-liners.

Shiola.com salutes you sir.

[beevale]

"THEY laughed when I said I was going to be a
comedian. Well, they’re not laughing now.”
As a stand-up comic he reigned supreme, with a
computer-like memory for gags, an off-the-cuff wit
as sharp as a rapier and the most perfect timing.
He even joked about the prostate cancer that
eventually killed him.