Frank Muir
(1920-1998)
English comedy scriptwriter and radio personality
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Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 – 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers. Together they wrote BBC Radio's Take It from Here for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC radio quizzes My Word! and My Music for another 35. Muir became Assistant Head of Light Entertainment at the BBC in the 1960s, and was then London Weekend Television's founding Head of Entertainment. His many writing credits include editorship of The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose, as well as the What-a-Mess books that were later turned into an animated TV series.
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5 February 1920 Ramsgate, Kent, England
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| Died |
2 January 1998 (aged 77) Thorpe, Surrey, England
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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