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Article: ERIC: A life of laughter; STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF COMEDIAN ERIC MORECAMBE IN A REVEALING NEW BOOK ABOUT THE POPULAR ENTERTAINER.(Features)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- October 19, 1999
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BRITAIN'S best loved comedy duo was officially formed in Coventry as the bombs rained down during World War II.
Morecambe and Wise learned their craft at the country's variety theatres and went on to set new TV records with their star-studded Christmas shows.
Now Eric's son Gary and writer Martin Sterling have collected and published a new book of personal memories of the bespectacled comic who used to swear to his partner that you couldn't see the join.
Here, some of the stars who met him, reveal their memories of the great comic.
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