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
Jerry Layne (ventriloquist) Jerry Layne (ventriloquist) Jerry Layne (1938 - 2018) was the ventriloquist host of "Puppet People", a TV series produced from 1973 to 1975 at CFCF-TV in Montreal and telecast on most CTV television network stations. He worked with his "friends" Lester and Herbie, puppets created for the show. Layne grew up in Brooklyn, NY during a time when ventriloquist acts were popular entertainment in theaters and clubs. He became interested in ventriloquism as a child and by age 14 was a student of ventriloquist Paul Winchell. He went on to work in television production and eventually became a full-time ventriloquist