'He was a genius and he was my mate': Su Pollard pays tribute to Jimmy Perry
He was someone fabulous to have in your life
Actress Su Pollard has paid tribute to close friend and colleague Jimmy Perry, one of the creators of comedy classics including Dad's Army and Hi-de-Hi!, who has has died aged 93.
Perry, along with co-writer David Croft, was responsible for many of the most successful sitcoms on TV between the 1960s and 1990s.
Pollard, who famously starred in Hi-de-Hi! and used the famous catchphrase, revealed: "I shall miss him for his talent and his genius and his consistency and his professionalism. I shall miss him mostly because he was my mate, a great bloke and someone fabulous to have in your life.
"All the production team are still very close and all of the directors. I saw him a couple of weeks ago and you could tell he was getting tired. He was entitled to."
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