Goon and comic actor. Born Portsmouth to a couple of variety entertainers. The family moved to the N6 house when Sellers was 10. He was staying at the Dorchester Hotel when he suffered a heart attack and died at the Middlesex Hospital. For Sellers' London see Londonist.
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Peter Sellers
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Peter Sellers
This was the first plaque erected by the Dead Comics Society. From BCS: "A mo...
Spike's statue - Goons
This little group shows Secombe, Milligan and Sellers, holding "Goons" script...
The Goon Show
{Caricatures of the four comedians, followed by:} The Goon Show, 1951-1960, f...
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Stephen John Fry
Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer with professional name Stephen Fry. Born on 24 August 1957, the second of the three children of Alan John Fry (1930-2019) and Marianne Ev...
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Festival of Britain
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Sir Carol Reed
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Royal Victoria Music Hall
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Hannah Taylor-Gordon
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Mary Wollstonecraft - NW1
NW1, Werrington Street, Oakshott Court
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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A. Nicholson
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Sir Joseph Banks
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