The day the late Tom O Connor walked off with a fireplace as payment for Leicestershire comedy gig
The popular Liverpool comedian and TV gameshow host died on Sunday, aged 81
Tom O Connor has died aged 81 (Image: Getty Images)
Have you heard the one about when Tom O Connor walked off with an old fireplace in lieu of payment for a stand-up show in Leicestershire?
The popular Liverpool comedian and TV gameshow host died on Sunday (July 19), aged 81, after living the past 14 years of his life with Parkinson s disease.
He was a household name in the UK through the seventies and eighties for his turns presenting TV programmes and gameshows such as Name that Tune, The Tom O Connor Show, Gambit and Crosswits.