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Norman Wisdom named the ultimate Legend of Comedy by Leicester Mercury readers

After giving us almost six decades of laughter, it is no surprise Norman Wisdom has been named the ultimate Legend of Comedy. Throughout this year’s Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, the Mercury asked readers...

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‘Pitkin’s PA: My Life with Sir Norman Wisdom’

A local publishing house has released a book about the later life of a much loved former resident of the Isle of Man. ‘Pitkin’s PA: My Life with Sir Norman Wisdom’ was written by Ann Axe, who was the comic act...

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Michael Gerald was NOT Norman’s Son.

In 1944 Michael Gerald was born, it has been wrote on some websites that he was the Son of Norman Wisdom – we can exclusively reveal that Mr Gerald’s real father was infact called Albert Geralnd Hardwick. Norman Jos...

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Sir Norman Laid to Rest

Sir Norman Wisdom was laid to rest today, but his son said the grand send-off was not quite what the comic legend had expected. Nicholas Wisdom said his father was speaking to his wife about funeral arrangements a few years ago...

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Fitting tribute … pure slapstick

IT’S pure Norman Wisdom slapstick as Bee Gee Robin Gibb gets showered in debris at the unveiling of a plaque to the legendary comic. Heritage Foundation president Robin, 61, pulled a string to reveal the plate, but he and...

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Remembered with a Laugh

In the six months prior to his death, Wisdom suffered a series of strokes, causing a decline in his physical and mental health. He was also diagnosed with dementia. He died on 4 October 2010 at Abbotswood nursing home on the Is...

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Last Of The Summer Wine

Its gentle humour and quintessentially English setting made it a tea-time television favourite for more than a generation. But after an astonishing 37 years – making it the world’s longest running sitcom – the...

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Norman Spent Afternoon with Bee Gees.

BEE Gees Barry and Robin Gibb’s arrival at Douglas Town Hall in the Isle of Man today was heralded with a performance from Ballacottier School’s junior choir. The brothers and their late sibling Maurice were made ...

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Life with Norman Wisdom, the Family.

Norman’s first symptoms of forgetfulness and problems with his memory started many years ago and progressed very gradually. The early signs of his illness were subtle and were not always obvious, Norman had registered an ...

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Heroes of Comedy Norman Wisdom.

Bob Monkhouse Show 1983 Interview with Norman.

Norman Wisdom named the ultimate Legend of Comedy by Leicester Mercury readers

‘Pitkin’s PA: My Life with Sir Norman Wisdom’

Manager Johny Manns talks about Sir Norman

BBC Tribute to the Death of Sir Norman Wisdom

Follow A Star 1959

One Good Turn 1955

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Norman Wisdom named the ultimate Legend of Comedy by Leicester Mercury readers

‘Pitkin’s PA: My Life with Sir Norman Wisdom’

Michael Gerald was NOT Norman’s Son.

Sir Norman Laid to Rest

Fitting tribute … pure slapstick

Remembered with a Laugh

Last Of The Summer Wine

Norman Spent Afternoon with Bee Gees.

Life with Norman Wisdom, the Family.

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