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Title: TV host Lennie Bennett dies at 70
Post by: paulham on April 10, 2009, 03:04:12 pm

Comic entertainer and game show host Lennie Bennett has died at the age of 70, his agent has confirmed.

The TV personality first appeared on stand-up show The Comedians in 1971, and became the presenter of shows including Punchlines during the 1980s.

The Blackpool-based performer starred alongside Jerry Stevens on their own comedy show Lennie and Jerry in 1978.

Bennett moved out of the limelight and was last seen on a game show hosts' edition of The Weakest Link in 2003.

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45653000/jpg/_45653957_bennett_226.jpg)

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45653000/jpg/_45653962_bennett2003.jpg)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7993803.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7993803.stm)

Title: Re: TV host Lennie Bennett dies at 70
Post by: wjp666 on April 10, 2009, 03:21:23 pm

that's sad. i was a big lennie fan as a kid. RIP

Title: Re: TV host Lennie Bennett dies at 70
Post by: loulou on April 10, 2009, 04:17:56 pm

this upsets me more than Jade Goody dying.

Title: Re: TV host Lennie Bennett dies at 70
Post by: netbuddy on April 14, 2009, 09:02:54 pm

And if he haddent taken his foot off the accelerator, he would have died at 80...

RIP Lennie, you gave me a chucckle or three in my teens.