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Note about Benny Hill:

Have you ever read a biography of Benny Hill?

He was absolutely delightful, a great human being who lived simply (in the same house he grew up in), brown-bagged it at the studio, and gave millions of dollars away to various charitable causes. He didn't even own a car; he rode the bus to get to the studio. No one recognized him because he looked so un-starlike.

After his death, it was discovered that he had paid the bills for years for several families with disabled or seriously-ill children, and none of them knew about the other families. He had specifically asked them not to tell anyone about his "good works."

The people who worked with him, especially the Hill's Angels, dearly loved him. He never forced any of the girls to wear or do anything that they didn't feel comfortable with. He went to great lengths to "take care" of his people. Do you remember the little old man (Jackie Wright) on the show (the one that always got his head slapped by Benny Hill)? At one point he was hospitalized, and Benny Hill kept his spot on the show open, even though he was told to hire someone else

a funny, if terribly non-PC comedian.