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Ernie Wise line "All men are fools, and what makes them so is having beauty like what I have got." After Morecambe's death from a third heart attack on 28 May 1984, Ernie Wise spent some of his time at Boca Raton, Florida, where he had a holiday home. In the UK, he lived in Thorpe Avenue, Peterborough for many years next door to singer Edmund Hockridge, before moving to a luxury home on the banks of the River Thames in Maidenhead, Berkshire. On 1 January 1985 he made the first public mobile phone call in the UK, from St Katharine Docks,
The Importance of Being Ernie The Importance of Being Ernie The Importance of Being Ernie was a documentary from the "Omnibus" strand of programming on BBC1 and was made in 1993 following the career of the comedian Ernie Wise after the death in 1984 of his comedy partner Eric Morecambe. It charted the current work of the comedian who, since the death of his partner, had made West End appearances in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and concentrated largely on pantomime work. His autobiography, entitled "Still On My Way To Hollywood", is referenced throughout the programme. Despite having the full co-operation of the subject, the