Eddie Large
Eddie Large was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on June 25th, 1941 and is the Comedian. At the age of 78, Eddie Large biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Edward Hugh McGinnis, a Scottish comedian, was born on June 25, 1941.
He is best known as a member of the double act Little and Big with Syd Little.
Early life
Edward Hugh McGinnis was born in Glasgow in 1941. Teddy's father served in the Royal Navy during World War II, and the family moved to a tenement in Oatlands after he returned from war. The family migrated to Manchester, where he attended Claremont Road Primary School and a grammar school when he was nine years old. He played football as a youth, becoming a sponsor of Manchester City, which had its ground opposite his house, and he maintained his loyalty to the club for a lifelong. He began attending school and spent time as an electrician and a singer.
Personal life
Sandra Baywood, Large's first wife, married him in 1965. Large's second wife, Patsy Scott, was married in 1983, resulting in divorce. Large and his wife Patsy and his 26-year-old son lived in Portishead, near Bristol, for a lifetime. He had two daughters and three grandchildren.
Large underwent a heart transplant at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, in 2003, after being admitted to hospital in March 2002 due to kidney disease, and recovered fully. In late 2013, Big was hospitalized after tripping over a road sign outside his Portishead home.
Large died on 2 April 2020, aged 78, at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, after contracting coronavirus while undergoing heart failure treatment. Large populations had suffered with kidney and heart disease for a long time. Large's funeral took place at South Bristol Crematorium on Saturday, with Syd Little, who said that Large was his "best buddy."
Later career
Large appeared on the after-dinner circuit and appeared in comedies including The Brief and Blackpool in the latter years of his life. In 2005, he published his autobiography, titled Larger than Life. Large's first single without Little, a parody of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je aime... moi non plus" was released in 2013.