On TV he was basically doing the same thing as Ronnie Barker,
but while Ronnie was lionized by society and honours heaped upon him
.. poor old Benny got labelled a dirty old man... and all the new
smarmy comics began to denigrate him.
But his life did end up a bit seedy, Ive read of two of hills angels
who used to masturbate him ( prob a good career move !)
Steph Marian and Cherri Gilham ....
and maybe a few more, who knows ?
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