Ken Dodd's Death
Born (Birthday) November 8, 1927
Death Date March 11, 2018
Age of Death 90 years
Cause of Death Chest Infection
Place of Death Knotty Ash, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Profession Comedian
The comedian Ken Dodd died at the age of 90. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
1960s British comedy icon, television personality, and singer known for his rapid delivery of one-liner jokes, his frizzy hair, and buck teeth. His signature greeting is “How tickled I am!”
He was given his signature ‘buck’ teeth after a bicycle accident as a child. He made his professional show-business debut at the now-demolished Nottingham Empire in 1954 when he was 26 years old.
He was given the British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993 and in the 1960s he earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records by telling 1,500 jokes in three and a half hours
Quotes
""I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside."
Ken Dodd
""If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute - I've got to have them."