Eric Sykes
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| - | * [[Eva Rausing]], 48, American philanthropist. | + | |
| - | *[[Denise René]], 99, French art dealer. | + | '''Eric Sykes''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was an English radio, television and film writer, actor and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years. He frequently wrote for and/or performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including [[Tony Hancock]], [[Spike Milligan]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[John Antrobus]] and [[Johnny Speight]]. Sykes first came to prominence through his many radio credits as a writer and actor in the 1950s, most notably through his collaboration on ''[[The Goon Show]]'' scripts. He became a TV star in his own right in the early 1960s when he appeared with [[Hattie Jacques]] in several popular [[BBC]] comedy [[television]] series. A trademark of Sykes's work is the idea of taking a single comic idea to its extremes. |
| - | *[[Isuzu Yamada]], 95, Japanese film actress (''[[Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]]'', ''[[Throne of Blood]]''), multiple organ failure. | + | |
| - | *[[Gerrit Komrij]], 68, Dutch writer, cancer. | + | |
| - | *[[Eric Sykes]], 89, British comedy writer and actor. | + | |
| - | *[[Andy Griffith]], 86, American actor (''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]''), heart attack. | + | |
| - | *[[Maurice Chevit]], 88, French actor. | + | |
| - | *[[Ben Van Os]], 67, Dutch production designer and art director, throat cancer. | + | |
| - | *[[Ossie Hibbert]], 62, Jamaican musician, heart attack. | + | |
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Eric Sykes CBE (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was an English radio, television and film writer, actor and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years. He frequently wrote for and/or performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, John Antrobus and Johnny Speight. Sykes first came to prominence through his many radio credits as a writer and actor in the 1950s, most notably through his collaboration on The Goon Show scripts. He became a TV star in his own right in the early 1960s when he appeared with Hattie Jacques in several popular BBC comedy television series. A trademark of Sykes's work is the idea of taking a single comic idea to its extremes.
