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Barry Cryer dead – Much-loved comedian dies aged 86 as heartfelt tributes pour in

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COMEDY legend Barry Cryer has died at the age of 86. The much-loved British comedian, actor, and writer passed away as heartfelt tributes poured in for him.

His heartbroken family said: "He had a gift for friendship and a genius for putting people at their ease. Oh yes, and he made many people laugh.

A lot.” Barry, born in Leeds in 1935, won an OBE in 2001 for services to comedy - where the Queen told him to "keep on making people laugh." Barry Cryer was snapped up as a variety performer while appearing in a university revue, before eventually working with David Frost on the Frost Report.

Beginning his career at London's famed Windmill Theatre, he wrote with and for the biggest names in British comedy. His early TV appearances were bolstered by a string of panel shows, with Cryer's comic timing being witnessed on That's Showbusiness, Blankety Blank, and What's My Line.

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