He Died So Young, Now Kenny Everett’s Wife Reveals the Truth
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- Who’s your favorite wacky comedian? Kenny Everett is a beloved figure in the United Kingdom. He listened to radio shows full of eccentric characters and strange sounds as a way to escape his life. When he grew up, he knew he wanted to make one of his own.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Early Life
01:14 - His DJ Career
04:39 - TV and Film
05:54 - His Marriage
07:24 - His Death
07:57 - Legacy
08:55 - Outro
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Kenny began on unlicensed pirate stations but then got the attention of the BBC. They gave him plenty of chances to get on the airwaves. He went back and forth from one station to another. The eccentric and unfiltered DJ often got fired because of an unsavory comment, but he always found more work.
His comedic chops even got him spots on TV shows that led him to get his very own show. He brought the crazy characters he’d been developing on the radio to life, and fans loved it for years. He also hosted game shows and appeared in a strange horror film.His wild personality helped him make friends with many of the musicians whose songs he played. He was especially close with Freddie Mercury and The Beatles. Unfortunately, no one could soothe his tortured soul.
Before he came out, he married Lee Middleton. They had a rollercoaster relationship that eventually ended amicably.Kenny later came out as gay and revealed his two lovers. One of them had AIDS, and he contracted it as well. The disease brought down the beloved comedian when he was only 50.Lee chooses to focus on the positive memories of life with her former husband. She’s even been part of books and documentaries that help preserve his legacy and show what it was actually like to know him.
Like and subscribe to Facts Verse for more on the complex lives of beloved comedians. Watch our video as Kenny Everett's wife reveals the truth.
He Died So Young, Now Kenny Everett’s Wife Reveals the Truth 
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Without doubt one of the most talented comedians ever, right up there with Connolly and Milligan!
He was the only comedian who stopped me from going for a pint, I'd stay in and watch his 'Kenny Everett show' every episode!
Sadly missed, died way too young.
And its all in the best possible taste... Kenny's humour kept us all laughing... he is greatly missed... a true comic genius
Absolute genius.
Comedy is very subjective, but whether you find him funny or not, I am sure you will agree that he was an incredible source of energy, creativity ideas and talent. He really was a one off in the style of Spike Milligan, there have been very few of these types in my lifetime.
he was a pro thatcherite scum bag
Those who grew up with Kenny well never forget his genius - You left us too soon Kenny, but you let us keep the laughter ❤️God bless you sir.
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Kenny. We miss him 😥
Yep, loved his shows as a kid. I was sad when he passed away in 1995 cos I was then in my 20s and would love if he'd been able to release more funny material
0:30 Everett was born in Merseyside. 4:55 He hosted, "Top of the Pops". Who could ever forget Captain Kremen?
in a town called Liverpool 0.32
I loved Kenny’s TV shows; they, along with The Young Ones, were groundbreaking at the time and truly irreverent. He’s still missed….
Amazing man of comedy, his style was zany and so damned different to anything we had seen before, or since. RIP Kenny and thanks for all the wonderful hours of entertainment you gave to us!
Happy memories of our family enjoying Kenny's shows on Capital radio 194 and on television, and laughing so much. A man who brought a lot of joy.
Fun stuff, thank you so much for sharing your life story. What other types of video would you like to see?
😂😅 Such a brilliant comedy genius, sad 😔 that he died so young. So much wasted talent !.....
Leaving out Cupid Stunt was not in the best possible taste.
If the authors of this drivel can be bothered to pronounce Merseyside properly, they hardly going to go in to that much depth! stopped watch after that and AKZAMPELIFED
RIP Kenny Everett. Thank you Hot Gossip
He was a one off! I loved his Reg Prescot, the accident prone handyman.
"Are these my fingers in here?"
Kenny was a brilliant entertainer who pushed the boundaries and was loved by all , despite his support for Margeret Thatcher.
Kenny was taken away early in life along with Freddie Mercury.
Both sadly missed.
Both infected by the same guy.
Infected by Margaret Thatcher.@@hardlines2635
Who is that gentleman?
This is wrong !!! After joining Radio London he was asked to accompany the Beatles on tour and send reports back to the station for broadcast. He loined Capital Radio via recorded shows at first, but because the new station had poor audience figures 1974 to 1975 he handled the Breakfast show , starting with co presenter Dave Cash but Cash later moved to lunchtime show leaving Kenny to do the brakfast show solo until 1975 when he moved to weekend shows. Just before joining Capital in early 70s and following his enforced departure from Radio 1, he worked for various BBC local Radio stations and also Radio Luxembourg all these shows were recorded and at one point he even worked for Radio 4 , a speech based station and he presented TOP of the POPS on BBCTV.
In the 80s he returned to BBC Radio 2 until 1984 and in 1988 he again could be heard on Capital when they split frquencies and he appeared on the AM service Capital Gold daily at lunchtime.
Oh and Merseyside is pronounced MER-ZEE-SIDE. and is an area of Livderpool England, hence why he was linked with Beatles.
His character was Lord Thames and not General Thames
🥱🥱🥱
But apart from that, what did you think of the show Chris 🙂🙃😊
@@alanserjeant4947 On radio Kenny shone on TV .....not so good in my opinion
Every Christmas Day I say Happy Birthday Kenny
Used to watch his shows on a Wednesday evening after coming home from first aid classes. Cleo Roccos is what kept me watching.............💘
I loved Kenny Everett. He was brilliant and funny. ❤
What a brilliant talented man i still crease myself everytime i see him sadly sadly missed 😢😢
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Kenny. May he find peace 😭
I loved the Kenny and Cash Show and would listen to every episode. I still remember every word of “Subterranean Homesick Blues” which we would all sing together every night led by Kenny and Dave. Best and most entertaining DJ ever.
So what did his wife reveal? Nothing, apparently.
Ken would have loved the possibilities of the internet.
This was a nicely put together mini biography. RIP Kenny Everett - a true original
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'ello. sid snot 'ere. today, i had trouble feeding the pigeons...to the cat'! a brilliant talent who brought smiles to millions of faces in britain during hard economic times. seen as an anti-establishment rebel, he suffered greatly for his art. sadly missed
Thanks for posting this, brings back good memories.
Truly loved this guy,he would have been a great friend in real life,God bless Kenny x
I loved him to bits he was like a breath of fresh air
A one off comic genius x❤ I think radio was his best medium, the wild flights of fantasy gave us the ability to fly with him😊😊.Once heard a story, oh and i so wantit to believe it. The first time he and Lee made love,they rang their friends to tell them!!!!😮Never destined for old bones, but gave so much enjoyment and left us a lasting legacy ❤Cheers Ken Allan&Family
Kenny was incredibly talented. Seriously talented. Read his life story!
Elsie and Gladys sketch with Billy Connolly is my fave.
I didn't know about his sexuality until the last days. I mostly didn't pay attention to TV, and didn't own one. I saw his shows on other people's televisions, and they were memorable. I must have missed most of them, which is regrettable, because he was an extremely humorous man.
No tv? you missed the whole of the 80s by the sound of it. "which is regrettable"
@@caldwellfisher5288 You are correct. I missed a lot of the 80s, though music radio was good, and I read my degree at evening classes, whilst I worked during the day. For about a year I worked for a famous video company, and caught glimpses of new releases when they were in QC! Now it's all DVD and blue ray, and the company I worked for seems to have vanished without trace.
There was a monster on one of his radio shows. The only sound it made was a looped, deep belch. Priceless.
Kenny was King of risqué comedy on British radio . God knows British radio needs someone as crazy , spontaneous & basically harmless as him but the world of radio if not all mainstream media takes itself way too seriously & the likes of him wouldn’t fit within the generic landscape of the 2020s . Kenny Lives On 😁❤️
One of my comedy heroes as a kid growing up in the 70's
top of the pops
Watching TV at the time the highlight was the Kenny,s show in the late 70,s im happy that he found love and married, time passes us so fast but the show and his colleagues are still remembered for the great television they made.
He used to train in the Powerstation Gym Kings Road Chelsea early 1980's along with Elton John, Michael Caine (who lived in the Mews next door) and Vicount Lindly.
He missed effective drug treatment by one year.
I still love this man. He was a genius who left us far too early.
Apart of our lives, apart of our history. Always looked 👀forward to his radio and TV shows,still ❤love watching them now, happy 😃 memories ❤
Apart means he wasn't part of it.
Kenny was truly so far ahead of the game, it frightened the establishment that they wanted ANY reason to dismiss him.
One of THE biggest tragedies isnt just that he passed away too early, but that he missed the invention of the Internet.
That one innovation alone would very likely have been a much more different place to the one we have now.
We all know what he made of audio and video cassettes, what wouldn't he have done with digital!!? Miss him like I miss the energy of Rik Mayall
Cupid stunt!!!!
The Bee Gees kit sketch!😂😂😂😂
Not forgetting his Rod Stewart classic also.
"Mass of Chew Sets"😁👍
Angry of Mayfair😂😂
The Elsie and Gladys sketch with Billy Connolly always makes me gasp for air! 🤣
His wife lived near me, My father knew her, Lady Lee. He used to do her garden. Kenny was a one-off multi talented genus.
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He is greatly missed a one off
I didn't follow Kenny's humour very much but worked with him at the behest of one of my clients and, as long as he was kept on a tight reign he was a consumate voice-over. He could time himself to half a second or so. If you said "That was good Kenny, but half a second over" you could guarantee he would be spot on next time.
So sad. He was wonderful
Kenny was a one off.. he helped break down the barriers of a then 'stuffy uptight Britain ' his catch phrase IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE to accompany his portrayal of the crotch waving ,bosom exposing character, has stayed in my head to this day .Bless him so sad that Aids got him in the end
Merseyside, not Merside!
I wondered what he was saying. I first thought he said 'Moss Side', but then he mentioned Liverpool!
@@lordprotector3367 Yes, Kenny Everett was born in Liverpool, not Mancheater.
Manchester, I mean.
Seaforth, in the Sefton area, just north of Liverpool.
@@richardhussey-cq2se I think you were right the first time.
It was all done, "In the best possible taste!"😂
He was in a class of his own, way above the capabilities of any other DJ.
He was a friend of mine. I have so much of his material on my non monetized channel.
So his wife didn’t reveal anything. So sick of lying clickbait titles. Reported.
Top of the Pops.
Mers-side 🤣 (It's Mersey-side - on the side of the river Mersey, on the banks of which stands Liverpool.)
He was born in Merseyside cross the river from Liverpool. Merssey rhymes with jersey.. keep up the good work
Moisey rhimes with Joisey...
By the title I thought she was going to tell us he’s still alive.
At 57 i can honestly say until ad edmundson and rick mayal hit the scene kenny was the only one to really make me hurt from laughing so much,god bless you mr everett...one in a million.
It’s top of the pops
Ever hear about the full on ,knock down ,smash up brawl he had with a fella named Bernard King, in kings Bondi restaurant ? The place was wrecked, the cops where called, no charges laid, however, Everett left aus immediately, apparently king was jealous because Everett made a pass at kings boyfriend !
Doing reruns of his tv shows at the moment.
Mad as a cut snake. (IN a good way) He was so funny. I miss his wacky humour.
while i like the video on kenny, wouldn't it be better is someone british did the voiceover and we would get the pronunciation of the words and phrases right? everyone over here knows it's top of the pops not top of the tops for example
We cost more 😉
His shows are beeing played on tv. .look for them. Still very funny .
I heard a Rumor he was going to pop out of the coffin and say "HELLO! im back, its was a joke"...except it didn't.
Yes maybe..like lots will be soon❤😅❤
You missed something out he a song he sang called.its been so long, I a single record of it
A lovely troubled man 😊
Sorry, what did his wife reveal here?
Spike Milligan is my favourite
Top of the Pops, not top of the tops.
Im a goons fan too!
Did u know freddie mercury once appeared on his tv show
Midday SPIN!
Sid Snot
His wife?
Yes,he was married earlier in life.
Earlier than...what?
He had a wife?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes.
@@judet5426 WHY?😅🤣😂
Lee Everett, was divorced from Kenny years ago, she remarried an actor, when was this boring monologue made? I read that Kenny's ex wife died a couple of years ago, obviously he's going on what he's read, Kenny Everett & the sketch with David Essex was a gem.
Hot Gossip. Oooooooh
Seaforth, Merseyside.
Favourite crazy comic?
Donald J Trump
Hold on folks we are supposed to take him SERIOUSLY?
Yes, Biden is doing a much better job.
Does anyone recall his radio character Franny the Tranny Queen?
He was a ceepy saville like nutter
Just shows whats not Natural shouldn't happen there's always a price to pay and why was he allowed two husbands when bigamy is a crime in England
Heterosexual people have also contracted hiv and he was not married to either of his two husbands, let alone both - gay people couldn't back then. Thankfully we are more civilised now.
Where did it originate?@@catgladwell5684
Sid SNOT and Top of the Pops, YANKS!
Wasn't his wife some sort of fake psychic ( is there any other sort?)
You know he was Gay right? Strange how some of them have wives isn't it.. Did they have any children? Was she actually really his wife or was it just for show like they used to do back then?
All very strange.. & Well it's a BBC thing so say no more..
Exhibitionist
So, not a word heard from his wife. What a con of a title. Stop viewing!
Prob telling us without telling us 😂
50, eh? not a moment too soon!!!
there is always a twat on social media and you are it
I couldn't stand him.
He was an arse bandit and died accordingly 😮
Depression and addiction to sleeping pills...
Withdrawal hallucinations... I had no idea that depression was a problem for him: I suppose that Catholicism and the wrestle with his sexuality produced that. Watching this has been useful.
Kenny was a legend
Kenny died young cos he took it up the bum........
Now reveals the truth? she died in 2022...i know she was a "Medium", but come on....
What terrible AI.
Brother lee love - original BLM piss take!