Indeed - found the story:
menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1257872_frank_sidebottom_dies_after_collapsing_at_home
Funny how the real fellow behind Frank is mentioned almost as an afterthought. Truly he inhabited the character and when I think of his sad demise the tragic image is most definitely of him in a giant papier mache head.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2010, 16:40, Reply)