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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
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- November 22, 2006
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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 Giggety and fellow
comedians Dandy.
Brian Yeates, who organises the night out tours, ...