sentences:  Dawson was also a regular panellist on the popular comedy panel game "Jokers Wild", hosted by Barry Cryer, where he and other comedians of his day would compete to see who knew the most jokes on various topics.Dawson was the subject of "This Is Your Life" on two occasions, in December 1971 when Eamonn Andrews surprised him on "Opportunity Knocks", and again 21 years later, in what would be one of his last television appearances, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel on stage at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, at the curtain call of the pantomime "Dick Whittington" in December 1992.Dawson nearly died in February 1985 from a failing prostate gland, complicated by blood poisoning.