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Article: Friends' goodbye to a bostin' bloke; TRIBUTE: Death of man who became third Ayli on Black Country Night Out tours.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- November 22, 2006
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Byline: By Dale Williams
AS a double act Aynuk and Ayli are as Black Country as 'faggits and gray payse'.
And John Plant, alias Ayli, was a show business 'nice guy' and part of a legendary act dishing out a special brand of typically droll local humour.
John, who was 55 when he died, had worked the club circuit as Ayli for more than 20 years.
With Alan Smith as Aynuk, the duo brought laughter to audiences as part of the Black Country Night Out team.
In the popular shows, which feature humour and music from a host of artistes, the pair worked over the years with comic Lizzie Wiggins, the 'Duchess of Dudley', along with group ...