I had the pleasure of meeting Tom O'Connor and he was kind, funny and a true gent. My thoughts are with his family.'īBC Breakfast host Dan Walker tweeted: 'How sad. He was a lovely man with some great stories. He wrote: 'Very sad to hear that Tom O'Connor has passed away. Thanks for all the laughs, Tom.'įormer EastEnders actor Stuart Anthony paid tribute to O'Connor in a post on Twitter.
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Comedian, TV game show host, Liverpool legend & a very funny man. Piers Morgan has led tributes to O'Connor on Twitter, writing: 'RIP Tom O'Connor, 81. 'But without a doubt, Tom always tried to make light of it and even at the end, when he lost his battle with the disease, you could see that spark in his eyes, that humour still coming through those eyes of his right to the end.' 'He lived with Parkinson's for about 14 years and we saw him coping very well and in the latter couple of years, it really started to take a hold and it's tragic. 'If you met him that's all he wanted to do, which is make you feel good about yourself, which is a cherished quality which we don't probably see enough of today. She said: 'His whole mantra was about making people laugh. In a statement, his daughter-in-law - former athlete Denise Lewis - said O'Connor has passed away after a 14-year battle with Parkinson's Disease. He leaves a wife and four children. He also wrote an autobiography called Take A Funny Turn in 1994, which offered an insight into his life both on and off screen. In 2011 he appeared on Pointless with his daughter-in-law, former athlete Denise Lewis, to win £500 for their chosen charities.
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