Bobby Ball
- English
- Actor and comedian
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Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2020Bobby Ball to get statue in Lytham
Bobby Ball will be honoured with a bronze statue in his adopted home town of Lytham, just outside Blackpool, on England's north-west coast.
British Comedy Guide, 9th December 2020Bobby Ball: Red braces tribute at comedian's funeral
Mourners at the funeral of comedian Bobby Ball, 76, donned his trademark red braces to say a farewell.
Fans lined the street near Hope Church in Lytham to pay their final respects to the star, who died last month after testing positive for covid-19.
BBC, 17th November 2020ITV to air Bobby Ball tribute
ITV is to broadcast Rock On, Tommy: The Bobby Ball Story, a documentary narrated by the late comedians double-act partner, Tommy Cannon.
British Comedy Guide, 4th November 2020Just 30 mourners will be at Bobby Ball's funeral
Fewer than 30 people will attend Bobby Ball's funeral later this month because of the coronavirus lockdown. But before he is laid to rest, the procession will drive around the Blackpool Tower in honour of his showbusiness achievements.
Chortle, 3rd November 2020Bobby Ball dies aged 76
Bobby Ball has died at the age of 76.
British Comedy Guide, 29th October 2020Rock on, Bobby: Bobby Ball - a life in pictures
Entertainer Bobby Ball has died aged 76 after testing positive for Covid. One half of TV's hugely successful comedy act Cannon and Ball, he was a mainstay on British televisions for much of the 1980s. He went on to act in comedies including Not Going Out.
The Guardian, 29th October 2020Bobby Ball: a staple of Saturday night entertainment
Emerging from the north-west comedy circuit, Ball was, with partner Tommy Cannon, a fixture of 80s TV who kept huge audiences amused.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 29th October 2020Bobby Ball obituary
Half of the popular comedy duo Cannon and Ball who enjoyed huge television success in the 1980s.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 29th October 2020How Bobby Ball spent a fortune before finding God
Fame and fortune went to Oldham-born Bobby's head. The married star bedded a groupie in every town on tour, downed a bottle and a half of whisky a night and insisted on dressing rooms being redecorated, just because he could.
Grant Rollings, The Sun, 29th October 2020