The Dark Story Behind Tony Hancock | Marks Unexplained World Podcast (Ep. 168)
Anthony John Hancock was an English comedian and actor.
Across his career, Hancock twice won the BAFTA Award for Light Entertainment Artist in 1958 and 1960.
He was later nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his performance in The Rebel (1961).
Spike Milligan said regarding Hancock, that he was a very difficult man to get on with as he used to drink excessively.
Hancock died by suicide by overdose, in Sydney, on 25 June 1968, aged 44. He was found dead in his Bellevue Hill flat with an empty vodka bottle and a scattering of amobarbital tablets.
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