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# he died on stage at the sunderland empire
FACT! (im almost sure anyway). the audience thought it was a joke when he collapsed onstage and a person ran on asking if there was a doctor in the house....
(hazey, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:55, archived)
# Similar
to Tommy Cooper - he just fell over and the curtains closed over him. Terrible.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:56, archived)
# wasn't that
Tommy Cooper?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:56, archived)
# see above
almost totally certain it was sid james in sunderland.
(hazey, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:58, archived)
# yay, me be right
www.carryonline.com/carry/sidtribute.html

im from sunderland, it aint famous for much
(hazey, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:59, archived)
# Good Lord
it appears to have happened to both of them...

Tommy Cooper, heart attack on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre London, curtains closed as he fell over to raptuous applause, declared dead 15th April 1984!

More here.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:02, archived)
# probably the way they would have both
wanted it :) theres worse ways to go....
(hazey, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:03, archived)
# i remember the newspaper the next day
"tommy cooper dead" it said

was quite sad

(andysith vs. the becardiganed mousethra. EEK, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:05, archived)
# they knew how to
write the headlines back then
(hazey, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:07, archived)
# facts facts facts
none of your made up nonsense like you get today

bye all, time to go home

(andysith vs. the becardiganed mousethra. EEK, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:08, archived)
# haha!
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:09, archived)
# hahaha
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:16, archived)
# Yes.
There is.
(I helped save b3ta! dr_fonz, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:56, archived)
# Wasn't that
Tommy Cooper?
(I helped save b3ta! itwontbeeasy, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:56, archived)
# MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND
PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISS!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 17:59, archived)
# luckily
you missed both me and Hazey posting the same link to the same article on Sid James' death then :)
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:01, archived)
# hehe...
if you aint fibbing then thats a bit mad :)
(hazey, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:02, archived)
# it's troo
I deleted mine almost immediately as it made me look like an idiot.

Oh, now I look like an idiot anyway. Hmm.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:11, archived)
# 'google - 'sid james death' '
i assume you went for a similar search . :) odd timing though :)
(hazey, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:13, archived)
# MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND
PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISS!!

It's everywhere!!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 23 Jan 2003, 18:03, archived)