Paul O’Grady’s family cheered him outside court. Alan Davies couldn’t get a word in over lunch. And he got Frank Cottrell Boyce by the chuckle muscle. Stars remember the brilliantly weird comedianIf Doddy was doing a present in Liverpool,it was always packed out. He had a fabulous imagination that gripped children and adults. As a kid I got the Diddymen annual and would see him at the theatre and just be totally entranced. At Christmas we’d watch him on TV at my auntie’s. She’d scream with laughter. My auntie and my mum used to go and stand outside the courts to present support during the trial over his taxes. When he came out, they’d shout: “We’re behind you, or Ken! top-notch luck,lad! He was very much loved in Liverpool. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk