𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒷𝓎 𝒶 ℛ𝒶𝓏𝑜𝓇𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑜𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃'𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒, 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 2 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈𝑜𝓃. 𝒜𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬) 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒦𝒶𝓃𝑔𝒶𝓇𝑜𝑜'𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝒷𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒽𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃. 𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉. 𝒜𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓎, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧) 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒, 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑔𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉.

"We live and learn - and may die to forget it all."

KENNETH WILLIAMS

* 22 February 1926 ✝ 15 April 1988

Britain's incomparably quick-witted actor, comedian, queer icon, author, diarist and raconteur par excellence ... gone too soon and still truly missed.

Rest in peace, my angel ... I'll always love you! 💕

You taught me how light carries on endlessly even after death ...

music: "My Way" performed by Tom Gaebel & WDR Funkhausorchester (2009)

Some of Ken's major professional companions and/or very close friends in order of their appearance in the clip:

Stanley Baxter, Sir Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Maggie Smith, Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sid James, Fenella Fielding, Joan Sims, Jim Dale, Kenneth Horne, Hugh Paddick, Joe Orton, Barbara Windsor, the Carry On troupe including amongst the others, Hattie Jacques and Charles Hawtrey, Nicholas Parsons, Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Sheila Hancock, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Rogers (producer of the Carry Ons), Nanette Newman, Miriam Margolyes, Lance Percival, Lorraine Chase, and last but not least, his best chum Gordon Jackson.