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| Comedy star Bernard Manning dies | Comedy star Bernard Manning dies |
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| Controversial comedian Bernard Manning has died aged 76, his comedy venue, Manchester's Embassy Club has said. | |
| He shot to fame in the 1970s on ITV programme The Comedians, having already developed a career in music as a vocalist for the Oscar Rabin Band. | He shot to fame in the 1970s on ITV programme The Comedians, having already developed a career in music as a vocalist for the Oscar Rabin Band. |
| His website branded him "one of the most outrageous and successful comedians of our time". | |
| He also denied being racist, once remarking: "I tell jokes. You never take a joke seriously." | |
| However, in 2002, he was banned from performing the Dorset seaside town of Weymouth, where councillors were worried that his act would breach laws on race. | |
| About 200 people had signed a petition, protesting about the show. | |
| He died in North Manchester General Hospital, a spokesman there said. | He died in North Manchester General Hospital, a spokesman there said. |