Norman Collier, the comedian best known for his faulty microphone routine, has died at the age of 87.
The Yorkshire comedian passed away on Thursday evening at a care home in Hull after having Parkinson's Disease for six years.
Collier was a star of the club circuit in the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties, and the Hull-born comedian was also well known for his onstage chicken impressions.
He was also a contemporary of Little and Large, with whom he often worked and the northern funny man got his big break on the Royal Variety Show in 1971.
"It's kept me in good health, making people laugh. And it's kept them in good health too," he said in 2009.
Among those to have paid tribute to him are impressionist Jon Culshaw who tweeted: "Rest in peace Norman Collier.. Funny, funny, wonderfully funny man. People would be permanently laughing whenever they were around him."
Danny Baker added: "Norman Collier has passed away. Expect lots of "broken up" tweets but that really was some act."
Collier was born on Christmas Day 1925, and served as a gunner in the Second World War.
His showbiz career spanned 60 years, beginning in 1948, when he stepped up to do a show at Hull's Perth Street West club at the last minute.
Despite his success after this, Collier chose never to move to London, but stayed in the north where his family was based.
He leaves a wife, Lucy, to whom he was married for 40 years, three children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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