Ken Dodd created the Diddymen from Knotty Ash.
Ken Dodd left school at 14 to join his father on his coal round.
The Ken Dodd Show started in 1959 and continued through the sixties.
Ken Dodd also had musical hits including the Number 1, Tears and Happiness.
His 1965 track Tears was the third biggest-selling single of the decade.
Ken Dodd was engaged to Anita Boutin for 24 years but she died in 1977.
Dodd also got engaged to Anne Jones.
