What is Bobby Ball?
[[File:Bobby Ball.jpg|right|200px]] '''Robert Harper''' (28 January 1944 – 28 October 2020), known professionally as '''Bobby Ball''', was an English comedian, actor and singer. He was best known being part of the comedy duo [[Cannon and Ball]], with [[Tommy Cannon]]. They both hosted ''[[The Cannon and Ball Show]]'' for nine years between 1979 and 1988. He later starred in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' and ''[[Not Going Out]]''. In 2005, Ball took part in the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 5)|fifth series]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''. Ball was born in [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]]. He died on 28 October 2020 at a hospital in [[Blackpool]], Lancashire from [[COVID-19]], aged 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-bobby-ball-dead-cannon-22923782|title=Bobby Ball dead: Cannon & Ball star dies at 76 after testing positive for coronavirus|publisher=Mirror|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.bobbyball.info Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116183655/http://www.bobbyball.info/ |date=2020-11-16 }} *[http://www.cannonandball.com Cannon and Ball Official Website] *{{IMDb name|0050347}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ball, Bobby}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English comedians]] [[Category:English television personalities]] [[Category:Actors from Lancashire]] [[Category:Singers from Lancashire]] {{actor-stub}}