RIP...Eric Sykes,

[Jericho]

Another sly fukker gone beyond!

[Prospero]

To join Hattie Jacques.....

[martin48]

If you look for Eric's jokes - the best you can find is:

“I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt.”

Wow!

[GroobySteven]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Classic!

[flabbybody]

news report says he died at age 89 after a brief illness... exactly the way I wanna go

[Stavros]

“I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he’d printed. He said ‘I’ll just print another ten’.”

[robertlouis]

He was a great comedy performer with fantastic timing - despite losing his hearing relatively early and then latterly his sight.

What's less well-known about him is his huge contribution as a writer to the Goons and his lengthy collaboration with Spike Milligan. An under-appreciated comic hero.

[flabbybody]

“I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he’d printed. He said ‘I’ll just print another ten’.”

that reminds me of a Groucho line:
"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member"

[rodinuk]

I enjoyed his gentle humour and as robertlouis wisely observes he'd made a great contribution through his writing too.

Thanks Eric , rest in peace.

[Prospero]

Eric was from a different generation. A gentle soul.