Jimmy Clitheroe

The Clitheroe Kid, Gramophone record, Film, Pantomime, BBC Radio 4 Extra
Herausgegeben:Benoit, Knútr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Robinson Clitheroe was a British comic entertainer. He never grew any taller than 4 feet 3 inches, and could easily pass for an 11-year-old boy, the character he played in The Clitheroe Kid. Clitheroe was also where he was born, in Lancashire, England, the son of James Robert Clitheroe and Emma Pye, who married in 1918. Jimmy was named after Emma's brother James Robinson Pye, and was raised in Blacko, near Nelson. He started out in variety and theatre, but moved into records, films and then pantomime and radio, and finally television. His long-running radio programme on the BBC, The Clitheroe Kid, is still being repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra. He never married, and lived quietly with his mother in Blackpool. He died from an overdose of sleeping pills on the day of her funeral, aged 51. His funeral was held at Carleton Crematorium, Blackpool, where he is commemorated by a plaque attached to memorial tree No.3

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Dict
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138070061
• ISBN-10: 6138070062
• Artikelnr.: 34487865