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muriel_volestrangler

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Sun Apr 12, 2020, 08:23 AM Apr 2020

Tim Brooke-Taylor dies with coronavirus, aged 79

Comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor has passed away at the age of 79 after contracting coronavirus, his agent has confirmed to the BBC.

The comedian and actor, best known for The Goodies and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, died on Sunday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52262490

Bastard virus.
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Tim Brooke-Taylor dies with coronavirus, aged 79 (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 OP
Early in his career, he co-wrote and appeared in the first televised performance of a little sketch Denzil_DC Apr 2020 #1

Denzil_DC

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1. Early in his career, he co-wrote and appeared in the first televised performance of a little sketch
Sun Apr 12, 2020, 07:29 PM
Apr 2020

called "The Four Yorkshiremen" (Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman), here seen in the first episode of At Last the 1948 Show, a forerunner of Monty Python's Flying Circus, in 1967:





He'll be missed.
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