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Sid James. Birth. 8 May 1913. Hillbrow, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Death. 26 Apr 1976 (aged 62) Sunderland, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Burial. Golders Green Crematorium.
This video is a short video showing you the final resting place of probably one of the most famous actors from the Carry On series of movies.
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Apr 27, 2021 · Sid died of a heart attack, aged 62, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. According to Cliff Goodwin’s biography of Sid, the actor suffered a severe heart attack in 1967, which...
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Aug 8, 2018 · An interview with Carry On legend Sid James has been recovered after 42 years sitting in a loft. Recorded days before the performer died on stage during a UK theatre tour, it is the last-known...
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Aug 8, 2018 · An interview with Carry On legend Sid James has been recovered after 42 years sitting in a loft. It is the last-known recording of the comedy star, and thought to have been recorded days before...
Sid’s death made national headlines and, when 'Carry On' actress Barbara Windsor was later interviewed she claimed Sid would turn in his grave if he knew how he died. However, some say that Sid went onto 'Carry On' performing after his death in 1976.
In Britain from 1946, Johannesburg-born former ladies' hairdresser Sidney James (real name Cohen) is now best remembered for the incurably lascivious persona he honed to such comic effect in the Carry On series, but in fact he had appeared in almost 80 films before appearing as Sergeant Frank Wilkins in the very funny Carry On Constable (1960).
