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Article: Shock death of flat cap 'bard' ENTERTAINMENT: Tributes paid to Black Country comic legend.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2007
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Byline: By Steve Johnson
LEGENDARY Black Country entertainer Harry Harrison has died suddenly after collapsing at home.
The self-styled Bard of the Black Country - a founder member of the original Black Country Night Out touring show in the 70s - was rushed to Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, last night after collapsing at his home in Bradleys Lane, Wallbrook, Coseley.
The veteran entertainer and comic poet, who was 85, was one of the best known faces on the Black Country comedy circuit, always wearing a cloth cap. He made his name in the 1960s when he used to visit pubs and clubs across the Black Country, writing articles on the local characters ...