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Controversial comedian Bernard Manning has died aged 76 after being treated in hospital for a kidney condition.
He shot to fame in the 1970s on ITV programme The Comedians, having already developed a career in music as a vocalist and a compere.
His website branded him "one of the most outrageous and successful comedians of our time".
He also denied being racist, once remarking: "I tell jokes. You never take a joke seriously."
However, in 2002, he was banned from performing the Dorset seaside town of Weymouth, where councillors were worried that his act would breach laws on race.
He died in North Manchester General Hospital at 1510 BST on Monday.
Last month a tribute to him was paid at the recording of a proposed TV show entitled This Was Your Life, in front of an audience of 600 friends and fans.
He told them: "I'm going to be with you for a long time yet!"
'Gags galore'
His biographer, Jonathan Margolis, last saw him six weeks ago, and said he was "the last of the joke-tellers".
"I think he'll inevitably become famous for this question of whether he a racist comedian - and it's a funny thing because it's some way down the list of things he was," he told the BBC News website.
"He was a man of his age - and as people of his age went, he was relatively un-racist.
"Until his dying day, he didn't understand what all the fuss was about."
Writer and broadcaster Barry Cryer said: "The thing about Bernard was that he looked funny, he sounded funny and he had excellent timing. It was just what he actually said that could be worrying."
"He whipped out gags galore and made sure everybody got a laugh," fellow comedian Frank Carson told the BBC News website.
"He was a wonderful man. If I had to write his gravestone I'd put: 'Here lies Bernard Manning, comedian, who died 76 years old.'
"Underneath that I'd put: 'What a pity, he had a booking next week.'"
Carson added: "He's gone but he'll never be forgotten. He was one of the most generous men on earth."
Another comedian, Stan Boardman, said that all he did "was take the mickey", which was "the British sense of humour".
"Right up until last week he was still cracking the jokes and pulling the audience in.
"Because he wasn't on television very much doesn't mean he wasn't still successful.
"He was more successful than any of the comedians that have been on television in the last 15 years."
Film director Michael Winner, who paid for Manning to perform at a party, described Manning as "the funniest man in the world".
"He was the last of the comedians who put the PC brigade behind him. He took no notice of them and just got on with the job of being funny," he said.
Agent Mickey Martin, a close friend of the comedian, told the Manchester Evening News his death had come "all of a sudden as we thought he was on the mend".
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Posted: 2007-06-19 00:40:15
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Yeh heard about this earlier on the News.
i didn't particularly like him very much since he was a Racist so don't have much sympathy for him.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 00:43:25
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On 2007-06-19 00:43:25, axxxr wrote:
Yeh heard about this earlier on the News.
i didn't particularly like him very much since he was a Racist so don't have much sympathy for him.
but axxxr, "as people of his age went, he was relatively un-racist"...don't you get it
Neither do I - people before him risked their lives to free slaves, hide jews, etc etc etc...well, that's what I thought, but no: morals, empathy and altruism are a new thing it seems... Well, bit more food for the rest... Cause I "don't get what the fuss is all about", either... How can you be "relatively" racist or relatively "un-racist" anyway? Is that like "a bit pregnant"? does that mean he's now relatively un-alive, too??? Oh the fuss...
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Posted: 2007-06-19 00:53:42
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"I tell jokes. You never take a joke seriously.".....
"pack ya bags love, I've won the pools!"
"hurry up pack ya bags"
"what do i need? summer clothes, winter clothes?"
"i don't care, just pack ya bags and ef off"
now tell me that ain't funny...
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Posted: 2007-06-19 00:58:58
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It ain't funny! But I never take jokes seriously
naaah, maybe an old racist elling it could be funny!?
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Posted: 2007-06-19 01:04:49
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Ok, perhaps I'm completely wrong here but here goes....
Has anyone seen the comedy "Black Books" with Dyland Moran and Bill Bailey?
Well, in this their names are "Bernard" and "Manny", perhaps inspired by this guy?
Sad to hear of his death.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 01:08:03
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On 2007-06-19 00:58:58, fatreg wrote:
now tell me that ain't funny...
Now tell me is this funny?
Example 1a: Bernard Manning (1995)
A charity dinner was held in 1995 near Manchester to raise funds for the police.The dinner was attended by some 300 policemen all white except for one black officer. Targeting this single Blackman, Bernard launched into a string of racist jibes. His audience (yes, the police audience) all whooped with delight and cheered him on!
“Where is he? How are you, baby? Having a night out with nice people? Isn’t this better than swinging from the trees? – You’re black, I’m white. Do you think colour makes a difference? You bet your bollocks it does!”
“They actually think they’re English because they are born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable, it is horse.”
“They used to be happy people in the cotton fields, singing their bollocks off day and night. A fella used to go around with a whip… ‘Oh, massa, give us another crack of dat whip. I love dat whip’…”
“A Liverpool docker went to South Africa for a job. The boss tells him: ‘It’s people like you we want here. Here’s a test. There’s a revolver, go out and shoot 6 niggers and a rabbit.’ The docker asks: ‘Why do I have to shoot the rabbit?’ He got the job.”
Now tell me he's funny!
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Posted: 2007-06-19 01:09:53
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On 2007-06-19 01:08:03, Alec wrote:
Ok, perhaps I'm completely wrong here but here goes....
Has anyone seen the comedy "Black Books" with Dyland Moran and Bill Bailey?
Well, in this their names are "Bernard" and "Manny", perhaps inspired by this guy?
Sad to hear of his death.
...and "black" books - there's also thew racist link...hmmmmmmmmmmm
Love dylan moran - pity he can't do a show with bill hicks!
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Posted: 2007-06-19 01:10:18
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He is a class act, I love his live stuff and Black Books is just hilarious in parts.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 01:11:22
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