He was a one-man variety act, a singing, dancing, joking, hosting whirlwind of niceness whose extraordinary TV career spanned a staggering eight decadesRecords, it is often said, are made to be broken. But the showbiz career of Sir Bruce Forsyth - from a teenage music hall act as `Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom` to Strictly Come Dancing - will surely only be beaten if someone can achieve an even more spectacular combination of precocity, longevity and ability to adapt to new entertainment formats. Remarkably, his TV credits spanned three quarters of a century - most of the medium´s lifetime. Related: Bruce Forsyth, king of UK gameshows, dies aged 89 Continue reading...
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