Wife of British comedian says she chats to him daily – despite him being dead six years

Sir Ken Dodd’s widow chats to the feather duster-wielding funnyman – despite it being six years since he died.

Lady Anne Dodd, 82, still lives in the house that they shared in the Knotty Ash area of Liverpool and says her husband would be tickled by things she does in their home.

They were coupled up for 40 years after first getting together in 1978, but the pair only married two days before his death in March 2018.

Speaking on Boom Radio, she said: “I talk to him every day. As you walk through the house we’ve got some great pictures and things, you know.

“I can think what he’d say at certain things, ‘What did you do that for?!’ People ask if I’m moving. Why would I move? It’s so gorgeous. He’s in every room as it were really.”

Asked why they waited so long to wed, she said: “He was married to his job. It was one of those where if it’s not broken then why fix it? But he had always said ‘It would be nice to be married’. I never pushed it. But he said ‘We should be married’ and I’m glad we did.”

Lady Anne has a goldmine of artefacts relating to the stand-up, who was famed for his mega long shows.

She is helping to create a museum of comedy in his honour, but not at their home as originally considered.

The former performer said: “It was his dream. He always liked the idea of a national comedy museum, a big one.

“There was a massive house opposite that unfortunately got burnt down. He said ‘I’ll buy that and we’ll make that into one.’

“There about 1,000 notebooks filled with thoughts, analysing himself, what went well and what didn’t. He was never satisfied with himself.”

Plans are now underway to create a space called ‘The Sir Ken Dodd Happiness Centre’, attached to the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool.

It was one of the venues he saved in the 1970s when many were struggling to stay afloat.

Lady Anne said: “We want to include all sorts of comedy. There should be a national one really.”

A new three-hour documentary film about the comic should be widely available soon after premiering last month.

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved features tributes from famous faces including Lee Mack, Harry Hill, Johnny Vegas, Ricky Tomlinson and the late Paul O’Grady.

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