Morecambe & Wise star Andre Previn has died. R.I.P.

Headline in the Mirror yesterday: 

Morecambe and Wise star Andre Previn has died 

Here is the sketch from 1971. Eheu fugaces.

He said that after that cab drivers always called him 'Mr. Preview'.


The first BBC newscastress, Angela Rippon, when she is taken from us, will be remembered for dancing with Morecambe and Wise and the magnificent legs she displayed, thitherto unseen. 

When the distinguished Shakepearian actor Philip Madoc, of whom I had never heard, died the obituaries were respectful and detailed his parts, but mostly talked about the episode of Dad's Army where he played the German naval commander who captured the scout hut in Walmington-on-Sea.