Welch comedian Tommy Cooper, the moment before suffering a massive heart attack in front of 12 million viewers. The audience, thinking it was part of the act, would laugh as fell backward
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Tommy Cooper - News - IMDb
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Inside the dark and tragic life of Tommy Cooper – booze battle to on-stage death - Daily Star
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Tommy Cooper death video posted on - Wales Online
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Tommy Cooper's last act fooled us all, says Jimmy Tarbuck - Wales
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Life with Tommy Cooper was nothing to laugh about
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Inside the dark and tragic life of Tommy Cooper – booze battle to on-stage death - Daily Star
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