Terry Hall (ventriloquist) "Crackerjack" and "3-2-1". From 1977 to 1980, Hall regularly appeared in the educational television programme "Reading With Lenny". He wrote the "Kevin the Kitten" series of children's reading books which accompanied the series. Hall married twice. He had two daughters from his first marriage. He married a second time in 1980, to dance teacher Denise Francis. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease in later life, and died in 2007 in Coventry aged 80. Dr Harry Brünjes, a long-standing family friend, gave the eulogy at the service. Terry Hall (ventriloquist) Terence "Terry" Hall (20 November 1926 – 3 April 2007) was an
Lenny Henry in small local venues in the West Midlands. Henry returned to the BBC to do "Lenny Henry in Pieces", a character-based comedy sketch show which was followed by "The Lenny Henry Show", in which he combined stand-up, character sketches and song parodies. In 2003, Henry was listed in "The Observer" as one of the fifty funniest acts in British comedy. In 2004, he was listed in "The Sunday Times" as the fifteenth funniest black performer of all time. Henry is associated with the British Comic Relief charity organisation, along with his former wife, comedian Dawn French, and Griff Rhys Jones,