SIR – While I’m ashamed to say I enjoyed the gloriously non-PC Carry On evening on BBC2 on July 12, I was again reminded of the pain and unhappiness behind the mask of so many of our best loved comedy stars about which much has been written thankfully after their demise.
There is a story that one very depressed man went to seek guidance from his doctor over a century ago. He was advised “Why don’t you treat yourself to an evening with the famous clown Grimaldi?” to which he replied, as many will have guessed “But doctor, I am Grimaldi”
RIP Kenneth Williams, Sid James and the rest and thanks still for giving the rest of us so much joy.
Sid Brown, Glenhurst Road, Shipley
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