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He died at the Royal London Hospital where he had been receiving treatment for injuries after being knocked down by a car as he crossed the road at Waterloo Bridge in London, on April 17, 2002.

As a boy, he appeared in Steffani's boys' choir.

He had a son, David, with his second wife, Bernice. He also had three stepdaughters from his first marriage.

His stage appearances include In Order of Appearance at the Chichester Festival Theatre, a tour of Calamity Jane with Barbara Windsor and the farces A Bedful of Foreigners and No Sex Please, We're British.

He began a stage career at the age of 14 with a boys' theatrical troupe, the Eton Boys Choir, singing "D'ye ken John Peel". A few years later, he formed a dance trio called The Dancing Aces, and toured with it until he was called up to the join the Army in 1945.