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.
https://twitter.com/GaryDelaney/status/973023156314161152
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
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https://twitter.com/robinince/status/973089466863837184
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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.
Sir Ken Dodd has died aged 90 – RIP 🙏
“I used to think I was marvellous in bed until I discovered that all my girlfriends suffered from asthma.” pic.twitter.com/pod0Hsfacu
— Shite Sports News (@ShiteSportsNews) March 12, 2018
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.
— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) March 12, 2018
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https://twitter.com/profanityswan/status/973006836172550144
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'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 HQ (@davidwalliams) March 12, 2018
14. And of course Limmy’s traditional tribute
https://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/973097317342556161
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