For she was Max Bygraves’s love-child; a secret she’d carried since the age of 14 when her showgirl mother, June, had finally confessed the truth.

Bygraves was one of nine children in a staunchly Roman Catholic family, living in a council flat in Rotherhithe rented for 8s 4d (about 42p) a week. He used to drag the River Thames for driftwood ...

Max – born as Walter Bygraves in London’s Docklands in 1922 – had a rags-to-riches life. He grew up in a two-room council flat with his large family, left school aged 14 and was fired as a ...

Max Bygraves, the veteran comedian and singer, has died at the age of 89. ... Bygraves married Blossom Murray in 1942 and the couple had three children, Christine, Maxine and Anthony.

British comedian and variety performer Max Bygraves has died in his Queensland, Australia, home, his family said. He was 89. ... "Chucky," a horror series based on the "Child's Play" movies, ...

For Bygraves' benefit a couple of songs had been inserted into the film, and I recall vividly singing along with the child actors (principally Colin Petersen and Dana Wilson) as they practised.

Tributes to Max Bygraves, dead at 89. ... He leaves behind three children: Christine, Maxine and Anthony. Join our commenting forum. Join thought-provoking conversations, ...

Max Bygraves was one of the nicest people I ever worked with. ... Once a year we'd organise a taxi drivers' golf day to raise money for the local disabled children. Max used to live in the area, ...