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Melanie Grant, famed for her role on the iconic ITV gameshow Fun House, now works in Wetherspoons after leaving her TV career behind.

Fun House twin Melanie Grant is now working behind the bar in her local Wetherspoons.The 51-year-old is pulling pints in one of the budget boozers in her hometown and laughed as she admitted that lots of punters recognise her from her 90s kids TV heyday working alongside 90s icon Pat Sharp. Her boss was a fan of the kids programme and was starstruck when he got her CV. Melanie is team leader at the Royal Victoria Pavilion pub - the biggest Spoons in the UK - in Ramsgate, Kent.

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Ji was known for his famous beat that pioneered the band's sound while helping shape their songs through his drumming and songwriting skills. Popular songs he is credited with co-writing are: That'll Be the Day, More Than I Can Say, and Peggy Sue. JI was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1939, and met Buddy in the 50s.

“Buddy is often heralded as the original singer-songwriter, but JI, too, wrote and inspired so many of the songs that would go on to be eternal classics.” Plenty of fans have flocked to social media to pay their respects to Jerry.Buddy Holly fan page, Buddy Holly’s British Tour, tweeted: “Very sad to hear that Jerry Allison has died aged 82. A true great in rock n roll history.

Jerry Allison, the groundbreaking early rock & roll and rockabilly drummer who, as a member of The Crickets with Buddy Holly, co-wrote landmark songs such as “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be the Day,” has died. He was 82.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticRock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jerry Allison, who played to screaming crowds as a teenager as a member of the seminal 1950s rock band Buddy Holly and the Crickets and co-wrote some of their biggest hits, died Monday at age 82.Allison’s writing contributions included co-penning “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.” He said he also co-wrote “Not Fade Away” with Holly but went uncredited, due to the producer allegedly switching his own name in instead.Allison’s death was announced on the official Buddy Holly Facebook page. “Our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Jerry ‘JI’ Allison, drummer in the Crickets, one of Buddy’s very closest friends, and the inspiration to drummers for decades since, who passed away today at the age of 82,” the notice read.

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