Tommy Cannon will soon return to the comedy stage for the first time since Bobby Ball's death.
Tommy Cannon says he'll be "constantly looking" for Bobby Ball during his first official return to the stage since his comedy partner's death.
Ball, who the comic describes as his "pal for 60 years", died aged 76 in October 2020 after catching Covid-19."I know he's looking down and saying, 'come on Tommy lad, you can do it'," the 84-year-old told the BBC.The double act - whose real names are Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper - started out as comics on the cabaret circuit in the north of England.
Speaking about Ball's death, Cannon told BBC Look North: "It happened so quick, he went into hospital and his son rang me in midweek and said 'I don't think me dad is going to make it, they've had to turn him over on his belly'.
Ball, who is remembered in a statue in the Lancashire town of Lytham where he lived for more than 20 years, was famous for twanging his braces on stage, while saying: "Rock on, Tommy." Cannon continued: "There's an emptiness that will never go away, I go on stage now and I'm constantly looking for him, waiting for him to shout 'rock on Tommy'.Follow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on
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