People are remembering Ken Dodd by sharing his best jokes and their best memories
The BBC is reporting that comedy legend Sir Ken Dodd has died at home aged 90, just two days after marrying his partner of 40 years.
This is a final two fingers to the taxman, as there’s no inheritance tax on estates left to a spouse.
Tributes from the comedy world have been flooding in sharing his best jokes and their memories of him – here’s 14 of their best:
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Ah, Ken Dodd has died. So happy I got to meet him once, and more importantly, saw him do one of his incredible 5 hour shows. He was an education to watch and, afterwards, at 1.30 am, he had beers with me in the dressing room and talked showbiz. A privilege, and a loss. RIP.
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) March 12, 2018
2.
RIP Sir Ken Dodd. One of the all time greats. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and most of Saturday.
— Gary Delaney (@GaryDelaney) March 12, 2018
3.
‘So it turns out that if you bang two halves of a horse together, it doesn’t make the sound of a coconut.’
– Sir Ken Dodd 1927-2018 pic.twitter.com/xjLlXI2AZx— Waterstones (@Waterstones) March 12, 2018
4.
With the death of Ken Dodd, many theatre staff will not merely be mourning the loss of a comedy Legend, but also the loss of all that overtime. He may have short changed the inland revenue, but never the audience.
— Robin Ince (@robinince) March 12, 2018
5.
What a beautiful day. What a beautiful day for sticking a cucumber through a letterbox and shouting 'Help the martians have landed'. #KenDodd
— Grace Dent (@gracedent) March 12, 2018
6.
Ken Dodd died last night.
Did he?
No, Doddy!
RIP Ken Dodd
— Bob Hardy (@B0bHardy) March 12, 2018
7.
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8.
Me “Ken Dodd died”
Husband “Diddy?”
Me “yes, he did”#RIPKenDodd you genius of a man
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) March 12, 2018
9.
By Jove! What a lovely day! What a lovely day for pouring a tray of ice-cubes down Michael Fish's trousers and saying, "How's that for a cold front?"
R.I.P. Ken Dodd
— Dr Strangelees (@StephenLees4) March 12, 2018
10.
Ken Dodd’s funeral service is gonna go on for hours, isn’t it? The vicar will do five encores.
— . (@twlldun) March 12, 2018
11.
Shit. Ken Dodd’s gone. Appropriate that it’s announced in the early hours of the morning.
— Andy Dawson (@profanityswan) March 12, 2018
12.
'The man who invented cat’s eyes got the idea when he saw a cat facing him in the road. If the cat had been facing the other way, he’d have invented the pencil sharpener.’ KEN DODD
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) March 9, 2018
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Comedy flowed through him like water. RIP Sir Ken Dodd. pic.twitter.com/v0FjVJVe1n
— David Walliams (@davidwalliams) March 12, 2018
14. And of course Limmy’s traditional tribute
Had the pleasure of meeting Ken Dodd at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.
— Limmy's Vines TOUR (@DaftLimmy) March 12, 2018
BONUS
And here is the great entertainer on the importance of living for the day.
"Live for the day" – the late Sir Ken Dodd warns against living in the past in this interview pic.twitter.com/j8cketRzbL
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 12, 2018
