Manchester comedy scene mourns one of its founding members

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Levenshulme, started his career under his real name Steve Vernon, but had to change his name because acting union Equity already someone of the same name on their books.

He founded the popular comedy club the Laughter Lounge in the mid 90s and was committed to giving a helping hand to young up-and-coming acts.Stan took a sketch show to Edinburgh with fellow comedian Mark Attwood and the two wrote and starred in a comedy short for Granada Television called Sweepers.He was also a playwright and contributed scripts to BBC Radio 4’s The In Crowd starring Robin Ince.

Stan was diagnosed with a brain tumour over a decade ago and was given a year to live but defied expectations.He drifted away the comedy scene after organising a fundraising charity.