Rod Hull On Roof

East sussex coroner alan craze recorded a verdict of accidental death six weeks after mr hull died following a fall from the roof of his home at winchelsea near rye.

Rod hull on roof.

He slipped from the roof and fell through an adjoining greenhouse. He died on march 17 1999 in hastings east sussex england. In his book eric also admits to a violent past as part of a. He was a writer and actor known for emu s world 1982 grotbags 1991 and e m u.

Hull drew 11million viewers at his peak with the rod hull and emu show before dying broke in 1999 aged 63 after he fell off his roof. Rod hull dies in rooftop fall rod hull and emu. Rod hull the entertainer and creator of psychotic puppet emu has died after falling from the roof of his house while adjusting a television aerial. He was married to cher hylton hull and sandra carter.

Rod hull was born on august 13 1935 in isle of sheppey kent england as rodney stephen hull. This is from the episode of emu s wide world that was first broadcast on 24th april 1987. Rod hull and his sidekick puppet emu. A bird in the hand suggested that hull nursed an increasing resentment towards his puppet.

Rod hull s most famous victim michael parkinson led the tributes yesterday after news broke that the 63 year old puppeteer had fallen from the roof of his home and died. Rod hull was best known for his double act with emu the death of comic rod hull has been described as a slightly bizarre but tragic accident at an inquest. Hull died in 1999 after falling off the roof of his house as he tried to adjust his tv aerial to improve the reception for a champions league football match. On 17 march 1999 hull climbed onto the roof of his bungalow in winchelsea in east sussex to adjust his television aerial.

The pink windmill kids are joined by rod hull as they sing this song originally by the supremes. Their antics entertained generations of children the entertainer rod hull has died in an accident at his home in east sussex. A 2003 channel 4 documentary rod hull.