One of the UK's most popular comedians, Ken Dodd, has passed away at the age of 90. Best known for his long stand-up performances – which he toured up until last year – and tickle stick, the ...

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was born on 8 November 1927 in a former farmhouse in Knotty Ash, a suburb of Liverpool, to Arthur Dodd and Sarah (née Gray); where his parents lived. He had an older brother, ...

Dodd, knighted last year by Queen Elizabeth II, was mourned by Paul McCartney: "Farewell to my fellow Liverpudlian the tattyfilarious Ken Dodd." By The Associated Press Ken Dodd, a titan of a ...