![]() ![]() ![]() "Ĭharles, who was not present, saw the funny side, but many outraged viewers complained to ITV. A letter praising him from the Prince of Wales, an enormous fan, was read out - and in front of a stuffed-shirt audience and millions of TV viewers, Milligan declared: "Little grovelling bastard. Probably his most famous - or notorious remark - was in 1994 when, at the age of 76, he was receiving a Lifetime Achievement Comedy Award. On the Goon Show he could transform a mundane situation into the heights of comedy, drawing fits of laughter from the audience, but he was equally funny when speaking off the cuff. He was unmatched anywhere."Įddie Izzard today described him as the "godfather of alternative comedy", adding: "He was a great man and it's a very sad day." Jenny Abramsky, BBC director of radio, said: "He was a genius, one of the critical people who put radio comedy on the map. With the other members - Sir Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine - the team led the way in radio comedy for generations of their successors. ![]() ![]() One of the most unorthodox and consistently funny performers on the British comedy circuit from the end of the Second World War until his death, his writing and absurd sense of humour dominated the Goons. Norma Farnes, his agent and manager, said: "For 35-years he has been the dynamo in my life and he was my dearest friend. Milligan had suffered ill health for sometime and had been nursed by his third wife Shelagh in recent months. ![]()
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