Ken Dodd has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours. The legendary Liverpool comedian today said he was “proud and also humbled” to receive the knighthood, paying tribute to all those who had ...

Legendary British comedian Ken Dodd has died after a long career in show business. The comic and entertainer, beloved of generations of Britons, died in Liverpool, in the house in which he grew up. He ...

The Liverpudlian's cover of the song Tears became the UK's third best-selling single in 1965, with millions of his record sold worldwide. Described as a "fighter", what eventually killed Sir Ken Dodd?

Sir Ken pictured with two of his trademark tickling sticks Sir Ken Dodd's joke books, tickling sticks and other artefacts are to be preserved in a new £15m centre dedicated to the late comedy legend ...

Due to be broadcast on Tuesday 30th December on C5 at 9pm A tribute to the Liverpudlian comic Ken Dodd, in which he discusses his 50-year career and the influences of his comedy style. Liza Tarbuck ...

British comedian Ken Dodd, whose seven-decade career stretched from the music-hall era to the age of social media, has died, his publicist said Monday. He was 90. Publicist Robert Holmes says Dodd ...

Thousands have gathered to say a final "tatty bye" to much-loved comedian Sir Ken Dodd. Stars including Jimmy Tarbuck, Les Dennis, Roy Chubby Brown, Claire Sweeney, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom O'Connor, ...

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was born on 8 November 1927 in a former farmhouse in Knotty Ash, a suburb of Liverpool, to Arthur Dodd and Sarah (née Gray); where his parents lived. He had an older brother, ...

1. The day Ken Dodd was born, November 8, 1927, also marked the return to public speaking of one Adolf Hitler, then 38, following his ban after his attempted ‘Beer Hall Putsch’ four years earlier. 2.

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