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Des O'Connor
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Des O'Connor (born Desmond Bernard O'Connor, 12 January 1932 in Stepney, East End, London, died 14 November 2020 in Buckinghamshire, England) was a well-known veteran English television personality. Des O'Connor had a successful career as a singer, recording 34 albums and selling over 15 million records. His singing ability was mocked frequently, most notably by legendary British comedians Morecambe and Wise. O'Connor, however, always took criticism in good-humour, even appearing with Morecambe and Wise on their show in a sketch that mocked him. REVIEW He walked on to the stage at Windsor’s Theatre Royal on Sunday evening as cool as a cucumber. Des O'Connor walked out cold into the spotlight. No warm up act, no fanfare, no music, Quietly and without introduction he took the mic and a near packed audience gave him the applause only a consummate artiste and firm family favourite entertainer would get – rapturous. Des was his own warm up act and had the audience hotter than July by the time his 45 minute first half cracker of show was done for a quick libation. You forget that Des was a class, polished act. When you see him on one of his great TV shows, you expected him to be slick and stylish. But with an enviable quintet and a simple black, nightclub style stage backdrop, Des simply oozed charm and sophistication as first the jokes and anecdotes and then the songs came to the fore. Wonderful reminiscences of how great entertainers are brought up in showbiz. How as a young
