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Entertainer Stan Stennett dies aged 88
Source: bbc.co.uk
Entertainer Stan Stennett has died at the age of 88, his family has confirmed.
The veteran performer from Cardiff spent more than 60 years in the entertainment industry working as a comedy musician and television star.
Mr Stennett's son Ceri confirmed his father had died at the University Hospital of Wales during the night.
He had had a stroke about three years ago and suffered complications.
Ceri Stennett said: "It's all very raw for the family now, but the wider public will say a prayer with us for a great life making people happy and doing a job he adored.
"My dad was a showman through and through. When the final curtain fell he would want people to remember him as someone who tried to spread as much happiness as he possibly could.
"He was one of those people who could spread happinesss throughout the country - not just Wales but much further afield."
Stan Stennett's career began during World War Two, playing guitar in a jazz quintet which once supported comedian Bob Hope at a show for US troops based in south Wales.
Stennett went on to appear as a comedian in BBC programmes such as Welsh Rarebit and the Black and White Minstrel Show, as well as acting roles in the soap operas Coronation Street and Crossroads.
He continued performing into his eighties, most notably in pantomime.
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