Ronnie Corbett, one of Britain’s most popular entertainers, has died aged 85 surrounded by his family.
Corbett was a staple of British television for more than 50 years and will be particularly remembered for his rambling monologues which went off at wild tangents on The Two Ronnies.
He has been a continued presence on our TV screens and told the Guardian in 2008 that the greatest lesson life had taught him was loosely based on the Scout motto:
In our business you have to have your armoury ready before the chance of a break. You’ve got to be able to sing a bit, dance a bit, perhaps play the piano and remember lines. If someone says, ‘We’ve got a job for you’, you don’t want to say, ‘Bugger, I can’t do that.’ You have to be prepared.
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