Link for the morbidly curious: https://youtu.be/HpZq3ul1ld4

Cracking jokes one second, and then quietly down the next.

Me too, I saw it live on TV - along with millions of others... everyone was in stitches because they thought it was part of the act.

There's a fantastic elegy to Tommy Cooper in a hip-hop song by Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip. Just one song out of several in a fantastic record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8zi7vcnjVc

Or Sid James (a very famous UK comedian/actor). He died onstage in my home town

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/night-sid-james-died-sta...