Seriously though, I think Dudley had been very ill for some time, and perhaps this is a release for him in some way. He'll be missed, the little shortarse.
well, at least Peter Cook will be waiting for him in whatever brilliant circle of hell they earned for themselves with Bedazzled. the damned can look forward to a good laugh.
Hope this works. If not,this is what the link states:
"Milton Berle, the acerbic, cigar-smoking vaudevillian who eagerly embraced a new medium and became "Mr. Television" when the technology was in its infancy, died Wednesday. He was 93."
The period between Christmas and Spring always seems to be chock full of celebrity deaths (that is, Western celebs, those living in the Northern hemisphere), and comedian/comic actor deaths in particular. Wonder why, eh? Weather? High levels of bugs knocking about at this time of year?