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One of my oldest and dearest friends - for 45 years - and the man behind Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli amongst many others.
From cancer. We had dinner three weeks ago and he seemed on the road to recovery.
A lovely, funny, witty, sparkling man.
I am very sorry to read about this, JK. Although I never knew the man, may I be the first to offer my sincere condolencies regarding the sudden passing of your friend. In fact, I went through something very similar myself seven years ago regarding a very dear friend whom I'd known for thirty years. He seemed to be getting much better following a severe illness and really seemed to be on the mend when he suddenly took a turn for the worse and, within two days, he was gone at the age of 62.
It was Michael who had seen an amateur dance group at Monkberrys (?) club in Jermyn Street and when I asked him to suggest some dancers to put in a video of me singing It Only Takes A Minute (one of the very first videos, directed by Mike Mansfield in ITN studios) he suggested them and started managing them and their founder, Arlene.