“Silence is not only golden; it is seldom misquoted.”

— Bob Monkhouse

Independent on Sunday obituary http://web.archive.org/web/20100522031727/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bob-monkhouse-jokewriter-to-the-stars-and-the-longreigning-king-of-primetime-comedy-dies-at-75-578058.html

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English entertainer 1928–2003

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