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10-31-2016, 08:58 PM
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Re: Historical: The Death of Tommy Cooper
Another video exists of the whole act up to the collapse. He does perform more gingerly than he did, with freezes and grimaces which are 'covered' for by laughter - as if to say 'ha ha, got you there'. Any doctors watching must have been mortified. His own doctor was, just at the news of the act. Cooper defied doctor's orders to go on the telly again. Though never mind doctors, the audience should have known. Joker though he was, he was a comic and not an actor. The other performers twigged, especially with Cooper needing a dressing room moved to right by the stage. He couldn't even walk to that on the night. A very surreal night, all told. Had he survived, he would have shrugged it off, like Eric Morecambe did before his own killer attack on stage that same year. (Indeed, he told the media that to go like Cooper was a horrific prospect. Though in Eric's case, he made it to the wings himself.) |
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10-31-2016, 09:05 PM
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Re: Historical: The Death of Tommy Cooper
Incidentally, Eric Morecambe's last words were 'is that it, then?' He exited the stage, just about, and collapsed into unconsciousness. At least it seems he had no idea. |
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11-01-2016, 01:45 AM
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Re: Historical: The Death of Tommy Cooper
I'd say for an entertainer it must be lovely to go out sincerely entertaining your audience. Serously not trolling.
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11-01-2016, 01:46 AM
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Re: Historical: The Death of Tommy Cooper
I'd say for an entertainer it must be lovely to go out sincerely entertaining your audience. Seriously not trolling.
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11-02-2016, 01:01 PM
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Re: Historical: The Death of Tommy Cooper
Horrible to witness and the audience would have been totally shell shocked upon realisation  |
