Readers salute the vaudevillian comedian and singer, who died on Sunday aged 90I cried when I heard about Ken Dodd's passing (Obituary, 13 March). What a legend! What is particularly sad is that his death marks the end of an era: vaudeville comedy. The joy of music hall entertainment (compared with some comedy around today that can be sneering in tone) will be unsurpassed. May his funeral last five hou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PM on March 14, 2018