What is Eddie Large?
{{Infobox comedian | image = Eddie Large.jpg | name = Eddie Large | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Edward Hugh McGinnis | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|6|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], U.K. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|2|1941|6|25|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bristol]], [[England]], U.K. | death_cause = [[COVID-19]] | medium = [[Comedian]] | nationality = | active = 1971&ndash;2006; 2010; 2018 | genre = | subject = | influences = | influenced = | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Sandra Bigwood|1965||end=div}}|{{marriage|Patsy Ann Scott|1983|<!--Year is omitted when marriage ends by death of subject of article-->}}}} | children = 3 | notable_work = [[Little and Large]] }} '''Eddie Large''' (25 June 1941 &ndash; 2 April 2020) was the stage name of '''Edward Hugh McGinnis''', a [[British people|British]] [[comedian]]. He was best known as a part of the [[double act]] [[Little and Large]], with [[Syd Little]]. They starred in the very popular British comedy series ''[[The Little and Large Show]]''. ==Early life== Large was born Edward Hugh McGinnis in [[Glasgow]] in 1941. His father Teddy served as a [[Petty Officer]] in the [[Royal Navy]] during [[World War II]] and after he returned from the war the family moved to a [[tenement]] in [[Oatlands, Glasgow|Oatlands]].<ref name=Autobiography>{{cite book|date=1 July 2005|author=Eddie Large and Stafford Hildred|isbn=1844541282|title=Larger Than Life: My Autobiography|url=https://archive.org/details/largerthanlifeed0000larg|publisher=John Blake}}</ref> When he was nine years old the family moved again to [[Manchester]], where he attended Claremont Road Primary School<ref name=wythenshawe>[http://wythenshawe.btck.co.uk/FamousLocals/LittleandLarge Wythenshawe Famous locals Little and Large] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311