Bruce Forsyth remembered by Anton du Beke

22 February 1928 – 8 August 2017
The former Strictly dancer on meeting his boyhood hero, the veteran entertainer whose career spanned 75 years: ‘He could do anything’

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I grew up watching Brucie on the telly. We all did. He was there at the very beginning of TV – with Sunday Night at the London Palladium – and right up until the past couple of years. He was what they used to call the triple threat, the full package: actor, singer, dancer. But he was actually so much more than that. He was the multiple threat. He didn’t just act, sing and dance, he could host, tell gags, play musical instruments – he could do anything.

It’s quite a thing when your boyhood hero becomes your friend

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2BmWN5M