Ronnie Corbett funeral: Comedian to be laid to rest with service at south London church

Last respects: Friends and family are set to join the send-off
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Sebastian Mann18 April 2016

Ronnie Corbett will be laid to rest today in a ceremony set to be attended by grandees from the golden age of British television.

The entertainer, who died aged 85 last month, will be remembered with a funeral service at the St John the Evangelist Church near his home in Shirley, Croydon, south London.

The cortege will then move on to a local crematorium before a private wake at a nearby golf club.

A notable absence is possible among the mourners as Sir Bruce Forsyth, who performed alongside the diminutive comedian, is understood to be too ill to attend as he recovers from surgery.

Comedian and friend Jimmy Tarbuck is expected to join the send-off.

Corbett became a household favourite in the 1970s alongside Ronnie Barker in their light entertainment television show, The Two Ronnies, and continued to appear on screen into his 80s.

He died on March 31 having been diagnosed with a suspected form of motor neurone disease.

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He is survived by Anne Hart, his wife of 50 years and daughters Emma and Sophie.

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