Tommy Cooper

Thomas Frederick "Tommy" Cooper (19th March 1921 - 15th April 1984) was a popular British prop comedian and magician. Cooper was a member of The Magic Circle, and respected by traditional magicians. Famed for his red fez, his appearance was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches and more than 15 stone in weight. While his stage persona required that his act intentionally went wrong for comic purposes, on 15th April 1984, Cooper famously collapsed and soon after died from a heart attack, aged 63, in front of millions of television viewers, midway through his act on the London Weekend Television variety show Live From Her Majesty's, transmitted live from Her Majesty's Theatre.