TV Host Bennett Dies
Popular British comedian and TV game show host Lennie Bennett has died, at the age of 70.
The star - real name Mike Berry - suffered a fall at his house in Blackpool, England and died at a nearby hospital on Wednesday night.
Bennett first found fame in the 1970s as a star of hit U.K. TV comedy show the Lennie and Jerry Show, alongside Jerry Stevens.
He achieved further success in the 1980s as the host of top-rated quiz shows Punchlines, Celebrity Squares and Lucky Ladders.
No further details were available as WENN went to press.
The star - real name Mike Berry - suffered a fall at his house in Blackpool, England and died at a nearby hospital on Wednesday night.
Bennett first found fame in the 1970s as a star of hit U.K. TV comedy show the Lennie and Jerry Show, alongside Jerry Stevens.
He achieved further success in the 1980s as the host of top-rated quiz shows Punchlines, Celebrity Squares and Lucky Ladders.
No further details were available as WENN went to press.
- 4/10/2009
- WENN
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