Obituary: Danny La Rue
Female impersonator who replaced tradition of mockery with glitter and eleganceDanny La Rue, who has died aged 81, flouted the usual showbusiness rule that, to be funny, every female impersonator needed to have an obvious suggestion of "hobnailed boots beneath a long frock. In a variation on this tradition, he appeared attired in sequinned dresses, but immediately said "wotcher, mates!" in a gruff voice. Yet what La …