A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died onstage

Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by pansa on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:41PM (#22104355)

I was sure your link to a British comedian was going to be:

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by tetris11 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:30AM (#22105456)

Link for the morbidly curious: https://youtu.be/HpZq3ul1ld4

Cracking jokes one second, and then quietly down the next.

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by lttlrck on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:21AM (#22104484)

Me too, I saw it live on TV - along with millions of others... everyone was in stitches because they thought it was part of the act.

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by selimthegrim on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:35AM (#22107800)

Redd Foxx as well

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by ljm on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @06:33AM (#22105991)

There's a fantastic elegy to Tommy Cooper in a hip-hop song by Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip. Just one song out of several in a fantastic record.

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by thorin on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:45AM (#22107302)

Or Sid James (a very famous UK comedian/actor). He died onstage in my home town

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