Thomas Frederick Tommy Cooper was a British prop comedian and magician.
Cooper was a member of the Magic Circle, and respected by traditional magicians. He was famed for his red fez, and his appearance was large and lumbering, at 6 feet 4 inches and more than 15 stone in weight.
On 15 April 1984 Cooper collapsed and soon after died from a heart attack in front of millions of television viewers, midway through his act on the London Weekend Television variety show Live From Her Majesty's, transmit...
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