Glasgow pals remember ‘Doddy’
GLASGOW band The McLean Sisters have told of their shock at the death of close pal Sir Ken Dodd.
Shirley and Mel told the Evening Times of their heartbreak after saying goodbye to the “king of Liverpool”.
The duo met “Doddy” after they were signed by the same London agent in the 1970s and spent almost a decade touring the UK with him.
Shirley said: “Not everyone is as nice as they seem to be in showbiz, but he was. He was so much fun off stage. He was one of these people you thought would go on forever. It was a bit of a shock to hear the news.”
The duo, along with late sister Pam, became close to the comedy great and his partner Anne, whom he married just two days before his death on Sunday, aged 90.
Sir Ken, famous for his epic standup shows, his tickling sticks and Diddy Men, died in the home he was born in, in the Liverpool suburb of Knotty Ash. He left hospital on February 27 at the end of a six-week stay for a chest infection.
Iain Gordon, from the Pavilion, where Sir Ken played his last Scottish show in July last year, said: “Everyone has said it over and over again, he is the last of the comedy greats, it is a sad day for music halls and theatres throughout the country.
“Always the gentlemen, always the professional, always the performer.”