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| Tommy Cannon on his return to the stage without Bobby Ball | Tommy Cannon on his return to the stage without Bobby Ball |
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| Tommy Cannon, 84, will perform in Goole, East Yorkshire, on 21 October | Tommy Cannon, 84, will perform in Goole, East Yorkshire, on 21 October |
| 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. | 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. | Ball, who the comic describes as his "pal for 60 years", died aged 76 in October 2020 after catching Covid-19. |
| Cannon, who lives near York, will perform at the Junction in Goole, East Yorkshire, on 21 October. | Cannon, who lives near York, will perform at the Junction in Goole, East Yorkshire, on 21 October. |
| "I know he's looking down and saying, 'come on Tommy lad, you can do it'," the 84-year-old told the BBC. | "I know he's looking down and saying, 'come on Tommy lad, you can do it'," the 84-year-old told the BBC. |
| Cannon met Ball while working in an Oldham factory as a welder in the early 1960s. | Cannon met Ball while working in an Oldham factory as a welder in the early 1960s. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball began their career on the northern club circuit | Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball began their career on the northern club circuit |
| They rose from playing working men's clubs to star at the London Palladium and, at their height, had their own Saturday night ITV show. | They rose from playing working men's clubs to star at the London Palladium and, at their height, had their own Saturday night ITV show. |
| 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'. | 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'. |
| "The weekend came and he'd passed away." | "The weekend came and he'd passed away." |
| The comedy duo found success in the 1970s and 80s, with Ball also starring sitcoms including Not Going Out, Last of the Summer Wine, Benidorm and Heartbeat | The comedy duo found success in the 1970s and 80s, with Ball also starring sitcoms including Not Going Out, Last of the Summer Wine, Benidorm and Heartbeat |
| 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." | 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'. | 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'. |
| "It's weird to think about doing it, never mind actually going out and doing it." | "It's weird to think about doing it, never mind actually going out and doing it." |
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