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St. Kitts born
comedian and actor Felix Dexter died on Friday from
cancer at the age of 52. He was
diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of bone marrow cancer.
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At the age of seven, Dexter
moved to London with his family where he studied law at the University College London, before
embarking on a career in comedy.
Felix first came to the public's attention in
the early 90s when he appeared in the ground breaking "black and Asian"
sketch show The Real McCoy, playing a variety of characters, and
when it finished we worked with him on a pilot for his own show, Felix Dexter on TV. He was typically brilliant in this, but the
BBC never picked it up for a series and after that Felix appeared mainly in cameo roles on other
people's shows, including Absolutely Fabulous (2003, as John Johnston, father
of Saffy's baby), The Lenny Henry Show and,
most recently, Adil Ray's Citizen Khan (2012-13,
as Omar).
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Felix Dexter,
centre in the grey jacket, with the cast of The Real McCoy
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He is survived
by his mother, Doreen.
Felix Dexter,
born July 26 1961, died October 18 2013
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