Who said i hate that duck

His BBC1 show ran for eight years from , after successful appearances on a number of TV variety shows. It was followed by The Quack Chat Show in Depressed by the cancellation of his show, Harris had money troubles towards the end of his career, blaming his lack of reading ability for having signed unfavourable contracts. He also toured with an adult version of his puppet show, Duck Off.

I turned it down. And he lamented the lack of his brand of gentle, child-friendly comedy on modern television. Harris had an operation on his cancerous spleen and was given a year to live in , but was apparently given the all-clear in May after months of chemotherapy. But the illness returned and he was told the cancer had spread to his liver, giving him no chance for further treatment. This article is more than 6 years old. Keith Harris with his puppet Orville the Duck.

He continued to appear in pantomime and at holiday camps, but was diagnosed with cancer of the spleen in After having the spleen removed, he endured four months of chemotherapy and was given the all-clear, allowing him to return to the stage.

But last summer, he told an audience in Great Yarmouth the illness had returned and he needed further treatment. He was moved to tears when they gave him a standing ovation. The entertainer leaves behind his fourth wife Sarah, and their children Kitty and Shenton, as well as a daughter, Skye, from his first marriage to singer Jacqui Scott, and his mother Lila and brother Colin. Obituary: 'I created a monster'.

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