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20 Aug 16
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Those 60s farces that seemed to be on TV all the time were dreadful, Tambers. Did a lot of good work though. RIP.
Actor and disability campaigner Lord Rix has died aged 92, his family said.
The president of the learning disability charity Mencap had been terminally ill and urged Parliament to change the law on assisted dying.
He had previously opposed an assisted dying law, but said his illness had left him "like a beached whale" and in constant discomfort.
As Brian Rix, he performed on stage and TV, specialising in a series of post-war "Whitehall farce" comedies.
For more than 30 years his farces, which starred the likes of comic greats Tommy Cooper and Sid James, were hits on TV and stage, and earned Rix the reputation for his trousers always falling down.
Reforms
It was after his eldest daughter was born in 1951 with Down's syndrome that he began campaigning for people with learning disabilities.
From 1980 to 1988 he was secretary general of Mencap, becoming chairman in 1988 and then president 10 years later - a role he occupied until his death.
In 2006 short breaks for carers became Law - an issue he had been lobbying on for 12 years. In the same year he introduced amendments to the Childcare Bill, which extended childcare provision for disabled children from 16 to 18.
His work on the 2006 Electoral Administration Bill also led to people with a learning disability being able to vote.
The crossbench peer voted against an Assisted Dying Bill in 2006 because of concerns that people with learning disabilities might become the unwilling victims of euthanasia. But his own experience of dying led him to change his position.
The president of the learning disability charity Mencap had been terminally ill and urged Parliament to change the law on assisted dying.
He had previously opposed an assisted dying law, but said his illness had left him "like a beached whale" and in constant discomfort.
As Brian Rix, he performed on stage and TV, specialising in a series of post-war "Whitehall farce" comedies.
For more than 30 years his farces, which starred the likes of comic greats Tommy Cooper and Sid James, were hits on TV and stage, and earned Rix the reputation for his trousers always falling down.
Reforms
It was after his eldest daughter was born in 1951 with Down's syndrome that he began campaigning for people with learning disabilities.
From 1980 to 1988 he was secretary general of Mencap, becoming chairman in 1988 and then president 10 years later - a role he occupied until his death.
In 2006 short breaks for carers became Law - an issue he had been lobbying on for 12 years. In the same year he introduced amendments to the Childcare Bill, which extended childcare provision for disabled children from 16 to 18.
His work on the 2006 Electoral Administration Bill also led to people with a learning disability being able to vote.
The crossbench peer voted against an Assisted Dying Bill in 2006 because of concerns that people with learning disabilities might become the unwilling victims of euthanasia. But his own experience of dying led him to change his position.
RIP Brian, thanks for the laughs.
I wonder if he'll be buried with his trousers around his ankles.
I wonder if he'll be buried with his trousers around his ankles.
Brian Rix, was funny in his day, i think his first wife was Suzi Quatro
Brother of Annie Sugden from Emmerdale, still going strong at 97. Not a lot of people knoew that.
sad news - was great in Superstars, unbeatable at squat thrusts and dips 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uwgo64vyFg
Classic farce with a Horseracing theme.
Brian is great as a bumpkin.
Classic farce with a Horseracing theme.
Brian is great as a bumpkin.
Aug 20, 2016 -- 9:46PM, dambuster wrote:
Brian Rix, was funny in his day, i think his first wife was Suzi Quatro
Eh? Must be a joke in there somewhere?
Nope Crags - just a failed elementary attempt at humour from one who couldn't even be bothered to check that the said gent had but one wife.
Nice article on Brian.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/22/lord-rix-learning-disabilities-future-inequality-campaigner
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/22/lord-rix-learning-disabilities-future-inequality-campaigner
ebulGery 20 Aug 16 19:56
"I liked those 60's farces he was in" I liked them too.All that trouser dropping.You didn't know when, but you knew it was going to happen.His wife was the gorgeous Elspet Gray.
"I liked those 60's farces he was in" I liked them too.All that trouser dropping.You didn't know when, but you knew it was going to happen.His wife was the gorgeous Elspet Gray.
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