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| Entertainer Stan Stennett dies aged 88 | Entertainer Stan Stennett dies aged 88 |
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| Entertainer Stan Stennett has died at the age of 88, his family has confirmed. | Entertainer Stan Stennett has died at the age of 88, his family has confirmed. |
| The veteran performer from Cardiff spent more than 60 years in showbusiness as a comedy musician, stage and television star. | The veteran performer from Cardiff spent more than 60 years in showbusiness as a comedy musician, stage and television star. |
| He appeared in the soaps Crossroads and Coronation Street and shared a stage with many top US and UK stars. | He appeared in the soaps Crossroads and Coronation Street and shared a stage with many top US and UK stars. |
| Mr Stennett's son Ceri confirmed his father had died at the University Hospital of Wales during the night. | Mr Stennett's son Ceri confirmed his father had died at the University Hospital of Wales during the night. |
| He had had a stroke about three weeks ago and suffered complications. | He had had a stroke about three weeks ago and suffered complications. |
| Ceri Stennett said: "It's all very raw for the family now, but the wider public will say a prayer with us for a great life making people happy and doing a job he adored. | Ceri Stennett said: "It's all very raw for the family now, but the wider public will say a prayer with us for a great life making people happy and doing a job he adored. |
| "My dad was a showman through and through. When the final curtain fell he would want people to remember him as someone who tried to spread as much happiness as he possibly could. | "My dad was a showman through and through. When the final curtain fell he would want people to remember him as someone who tried to spread as much happiness as he possibly could. |
| "He was one of those people who could spread happinesss throughout the country - not just Wales but much further afield." | "He was one of those people who could spread happinesss throughout the country - not just Wales but much further afield." |
| Stage and soaps | Stage and soaps |
| Stan Stennett's career began during World War Two, playing guitar in a jazz quintet which once supported comedian Bob Hope at a show for US troops based in south Wales. | Stan Stennett's career began during World War Two, playing guitar in a jazz quintet which once supported comedian Bob Hope at a show for US troops based in south Wales. |
| Stennett went on to appear as a comedian in BBC programmes such as Welsh Rarebit and the Black and White Minstrel Show. | Stennett went on to appear as a comedian in BBC programmes such as Welsh Rarebit and the Black and White Minstrel Show. |
| He also appeared in soap operas - as Hilda Ogden's brother in Coronation Street and as Sid Hooper in Crossroads. | He also appeared in soap operas - as Hilda Ogden's brother in Coronation Street and as Sid Hooper in Crossroads. |
| On stage Stennett appeared on the same bill as legendary performers such as Danny Kaye, Johnny Ray, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Morecambe and Wise, Les Dawson and Petula Clark. | On stage Stennett appeared on the same bill as legendary performers such as Danny Kaye, Johnny Ray, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Morecambe and Wise, Les Dawson and Petula Clark. |
| He was manager of the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, in May 1984 when his good friend Eric Morecambe collapsed and died of a heart attack just after walking off stage. Earlier, the two entertainers had staged a chat show for the crowd. | He was manager of the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, in May 1984 when his good friend Eric Morecambe collapsed and died of a heart attack just after walking off stage. Earlier, the two entertainers had staged a chat show for the crowd. |
| His son Ceri added: "There weren't many people who my dad hadn't worked with over the years and he could call most of them friends. | His son Ceri added: "There weren't many people who my dad hadn't worked with over the years and he could call most of them friends. |
| "But he never lost touch with his roots in Wales and Cardiff was home. He had a perfectly happy what you would call normal family life. | "But he never lost touch with his roots in Wales and Cardiff was home. He had a perfectly happy what you would call normal family life. |
| "He loved golf and in his earlier years football and he was as ordinary a person as you would want him to be. | "He loved golf and in his earlier years football and he was as ordinary a person as you would want him to be. |
| "People always felt my dad was really approachable. He was always really happy to talk to people." | "People always felt my dad was really approachable. He was always really happy to talk to people." |
| A former director of Cardiff City football club, Stennett continued performing into his eighties, most notably in pantomime. | A former director of Cardiff City football club, Stennett continued performing into his eighties, most notably in pantomime. |
| Fellow entertainer Wyn Calvin paid tribute, telling BBC Radio Wales: "Stan had an amazing affection for the business, but the business had an affection for Stan. | |
| "Stan's variety as a performer was very valuable, because he adjusted. We worked on pantomimes, we worked in summer shows, we worked on variety bills. | |
| "Although he had a reputation around Britain, there was always a love of his home in Cardiff, and of his lovely wife Betty and his family. | |
| "Stan did not want to divorce himself from south Wales, to become the international name that he might have been." |