Ephraim Hardcastle

An unfinished, handwritten autobiography by the late, camp Tv entertainer Larry ‘Shut that door!’ grayson has been found in a warehouse in Malvern, Worcestershire. generation game presenter grayson, who died aged 71 in 1995, reveals that the love of his life was school friend Tom Proctor, who died in the battle of Monte Cassino in Italy during the Second World War. Tv producer Tony nicholson, who has completed the book, says: ‘Larry never really recovered from the loss. Tom’s sisters wrote a poem commemorating his death and he carried it around with him all his life.’