Norman Wisdom R.I.P.

[Gareth350]

One of the greats. Will be missed.

[thatone1967]

very sad... could not beleive how old he was... now... BBC a chance for plenty of Norman Wisdom movies pls....

[Mrs Cuchillo]

That's the three then - Eddie Fisher, Tony Curtis and now Norman.

[Big Al.]

RIP Norman

[Red&WhiteMonkey]

I expect the Isle of Man will be declare a national day of mourning tomorrow. We are starting to run out of celebrity islanders.

[williamp]

very sad. I grew up watching is films. I still find them very funny and wonderfully silly now

RIP Norman.

[jas xjr]

He was a comedy hero to me as a child. Was he not very famous in Albania or Libya?

Rip

[saladin]

Sad Indeed... the world is a little bit more grayer

[FourWheelDrift]

Red-WhiteMonkey said:

I expect the Isle of Man will be declare a national day of mourning tomorrow.

Albania will. He was massive there.

[Pothole]

RedandWhiteMonkey said:

I expect the Isle of Man will be declare a national day of mourning tomorrow. We are starting to run out of celebrity islanders.

I would expect Albania to.

Edited by Pothole on Monday 4th October 23:36

[The Highway Man]

A sad loss, a truly funny great man.

[Laurel Green]

Very sad news RIP Norman.

[TvrJohn]

Sad to here this news, my 2 sons are starting ukalele ? lessons this week

Norman was the name that instantly popped in my head when they mentioned it a couple of weeks ago

[Pothole]

TvrJohn said:

Sad to here this news, my 2 sons are starting ukalele ? lessons this week

Norman was the name that instantly popped in my head when they mentioned it a couple of weeks ago

ukelele. Why?

[tali1]

Sad news -thanks for all the laughs.RIP
Quite a sprightly old fella - back in the 1990s he had a brand new Nissan 200sx with a bodykit on it

[MikeO996]

tali1 said:

back in the 1990s he had a brand new Nissan 200sx with a bodykit on it

once a comedian always a comedian

[The Highway Man]

Pothole said:

TvrJohn said:

Sad to here this news, my 2 sons are starting ukalele ? lessons this week

Norman was the name that instantly popped in my head when they mentioned it a couple of weeks ago

ukelele. Why?

Exactly, it was George Formby that played the ukelele.

[Eric Mc]

Wisdom didn't play the ukelele - he played the fool.

[thatone1967]

jas xjr said:

He was a comedy hero to me as a child. Was he not very famous in Albania or Libya?

Rip

A nice little story from TIm Rice about his Albanian fame here


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11473...

[spurs-442]

R.I.P Norman - you were a comedy genius to me