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    Raymond Percy Galton OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) was an English radio and television scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson. Together they devised and wrote 1950s and 60s BBC sitcoms including Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961), the first two series of Comedy Playhouse (1961 ...

  2. Oct 6, 2018 · Sat 6 Oct 2018 09.39 EDT. Ray Galton, one half of Galton and Simpson, the writing team regularly voted the funniest in sitcom history, has died at the age of 88. The scriptwriter died...

  3. Oct 6, 2018 · Ray Galton OBE, one of the "fathers and creators of British sitcom", has died aged 88. In their 1950s-70s heyday he and co-writer Alan Simpson created classics such as Hancock's Half Hour and...

  4. Oct 9, 2018 · Ray Galton, one of the creators of the landmark British comedy series “Steptoe and Son” — the inspiration for the hit American show “Sanford and Son” — died on Oct. 5. He was 88. His death was...

  5. Oct 6, 2018 · Ray Galton, who co-wrote Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe & Son with Alan Simpson, passed away after a long battle with dementia. He was one of the fathers of British sitcom and influenced many comedians and writers.

  6. Ray Galton, who co-wrote Steptoe and Son alongside Alan Simpson, has died at the age of 88. His manager said he was regarded as one of "the fathers and creators of British sitcom". The BBC's David ...

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  8. Oct 7, 2018 · Ray Galton, the scriptwriter who has died aged 88, earned – with his professional partner Alan Simpson – pride of place among the greats of post-war British comedy writing; between them they ...

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