“I saw a specialist who asked me 'Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?'. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.”

— Bob Monkhouse

Second obituary on BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1958051.stm

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English entertainer 1928–2003

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