RIP Norman Wisdom

[Osweo]

Damn, only five years off a hundred!

Sir Norman Wisdom dies at 95
By Emily Sheridan and Paul Bentley
Last updated at 1:32 AM on 5th October 2010


Legendary British comic actor Sir Norman Wisdom died last night, aged 95.
The comedian, who was famous for his slapstick film roles in the 1950s and 60s, passed away after suffering a series of strokes over the past six months.
His family confirmed yesterday that Sir Norman had died just before 7pm at the Abbotswood Nursing Home on the Isle of Man after a serious decline in both his mental and physical health.

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[Treffie]

This is so sad. He was a fixture in my grandparents' tv schedule. Apparently he was a huge star in Albania also.

[Goswinus]

He died at a respectable age, just the maladies that preceded his passing weren't and never are in any circumstances. He was no unknown in Flanders among the older generation. He, an everyman's hero, cheered up the young and the old on Sunday afternoons in the cinema (then still a grand social event, maybe more than churchgoing) before a new week of sweating, toiling and groaning, or worse, school, would grind out dour faces. His legacy will live on, that is sure.