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Re: Nicholas Parsons

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juliajellicoeApr 18, 2009
 

 
Gyles Brandreth said on Twitter that Nicholas was in the West Indies, so he was taking the bulk of calls regarding Clement's death. Oddly, I haven't seen Gyles' comments in print media, but he did have a series of posts on Twitter.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "howstean" <howstean2@...> wrote:
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> It was very noticeable that Nicholas didn't contribute to any of the radio or TV news items, or the R4 "Last Word" obituary programme today. Usually he can always be counted on at such times.
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> Given that Clement gave him one of his earliest show business jobs, and they worked together on & off around 60 years, and with Clement's death following that of Humphrey Lyttleton's last year, it must leave him feeling very isolated & vulnerable, at his age.
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> Emma said on Last Word that Clement died mid-sentence writing an article for the Racing Post, the horse-racing newspaper.
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> Phil
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