The comedian and actor Eric Sykes has died peacefully aged 89, his manager has announced.
Sykes was a regular on The Goon Show with the likes of Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe, and was well-known from the long-running sitcom Sykes and A… with Hattie Jacques.
Here he is with Tommy Cooper in The Likes of Sykes:
And this gem from Sykes and A…, where Eric acts out a naval battle in the bath and then gets his toe stuck in the bathtap, is truly excellent. Enjoy.
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