Tom O’Connor, comedian and TV presenter. Born: 31 October, 1939 in Bootle, Lancashire. Died: 18 July 2021 in Slough, Berkshire, aged 81. Tom O’Connor’s career as a comic began in the maths and music classes he taught at a working-class school in Merseyside in the 1960s.
It was tough going until he discovered that if he interspersed his lessons with jokes he held his pupils’ attention much better.
His professional showbiz career began with a second, part-time job as a country and western singer in working men’s clubs, but again he found that his jokes got the most positive response.
He was encouraged to change direction by the audience reaction and also by the fact that clubs generally paid comics more than singers.
Read more on msn.com