death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date yearsactive article_title birth_name occupation
08 april 2009 lancaster , lancashire , england blackpool , lancashire , england lennie bennett 26 september 1938 1971 - 1993 lennie bennett
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lennie bennett

lennie bennett -lrb- 26 september 1938 -- 8 april 2009 -rrb- was an english comedian and game show host .
after attending the palatine secondary school in blackpool , bennett became a journalist for the `` west lancashire evening gazette '' before becoming a professional entertainer and appearing on `` the good old days '' in 1979 .
bennett starred in the `` lennie and jerry show '' with jerry stevens .
it ran from 1978 to 1980 .
he was also the host of `` punchlines '' and `` lucky ladders '' in the 1980s .
he also performed in twelve royal variety shows , and had a brief stint as a chat show host on london weekend television in 1982 .
he then worked as a speaker on the after-dinner circuit .
in 1994 , bennett suffered a serious heart attack , which necessitated a bypass operation .
he died in the royal lancaster infirmary on 8 april 2009 following a fall at his home from which he failed to regain consciousness .
his funeral took place at carleton crematorium .
