How old is freddie starr

Freddie jumped; his father took his arms away, and the boy fell to the floor. Not even your own father. Starr related this story in his autobiography, Unwrapped. He later changed his account: in he told a reporter that his father had broken his legs when he was six, the culmination of physical abuse that led him to be taken into care for two years.

You put things like this in the past and try to make something of yourself. Starr did so and was, for a time, a hugely popular entertainer. In the s he won the talent show Opportunity Knocks six times, then achieved even greater fame at the Royal Variety Performance in His later routines begged many questions. Did Hitler whom he regularly impersonated really wear shorts with swastikas on each knee?

With wellies? In the decade and a half that followed that Royal Variety Performance, little Starr became a big star. The impact of his brutal early childhood seems best to explain the cocktail of neediness and hostility that underscored much of his comedy. In , for instance, at the Britannia Pier theatre, Great Yarmouth, he coaxed a young woman on stage to take part in his routine. Davro tweeted : "I'm so sad we have lost one of our greatest comedy talents. His style may have fallen out of comedy fashion and favour - but it's important to recognise his once huge popularity and fame.

She added: "I hope his legacy is not smalled down and he's remembered with a smile. Comedian Jim Davidson also tweeted : "Just heard the news. Freddie Starr was the greatest. Lord Sugar described Starr as a "very funny man". According to some news reports Freddie Star has died in Spain. If true sad news, he was a very funny man RIP. The BBC has not been able to confirm the reports, however Euro Weekly News is reporting the coroner in Malaga has confirmed to them that Starr died of natural causes.

Starr rose to prominence in the early s after appearing on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks. He starred in several other TV programmes in the 90s and famously featured in the Sun's "Freddie Starr ate my hamster" headline in Freddie Starr was 76 years old when he was found dead.

An autopsy revealed the comedian died of a heart attack. A post-mortem carried out this morning at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Malaga confirmed the heart attack theory as his cause of death. Chain-smoking Freddie was reduced to living in a pokey one-bedroom flat — but still loved a laugh.

As recently as February he posted a wacky Facebook snap of himself with cigarettes stuck in his mouth, nose and ears. The Merseyside-born comic, impressionist, singer and actor had a history of heart problems and asthma. Starr was told in he would not be prosecuted after spending 18 months on bail.

He lost a damages claim against his accuser in the High Court in This article is more than 2 years old. Comedian discovered in his chair by carer after possible heart attack, say neighbours. Freddie Starr rarely left his apartment on the Costa del Sol after moving in two years ago, say neighbours. Just heard the news.